IMR 660ISLAMIC INFORMATION

MANAGEMENT

CHAPTER 4:TYPES OF ISLAMIC INSTITUTIONS AND

RECORDS

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Today's content

• Types of Islamic Institutions in Malaysia• Information provided by these institutions • Types of Records Created by These

Institutions

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Types of Islamic Institutions in Malaysia

• Basically there are eleven categories of Islamic institutions in Malaysia. They are‑1. Islamic educational institution.

2. Islamic court/ Syariah court

3. Islamic museum

4. Islamic bank

5. Zakat's institution

6. Islamic preaching institution3

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7. Islamic library

8. Non-governmental Islamic institution

9. Islamic training center

10.Islamic insurance institution

11.Islamic Foundation institutions

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Information Provided By These Institutions

1. Islamic educational institution in Malaysia. They provide information on Islamic knowledge; Fardhu

ain and Fardhu kifayah. The examples of knowledge are

Islamic law, Islamic economy, Fiqh, Islamic belief, Islamic international relationship, Islamic politics, Science of Hadiths, Science of Quran, Islamic morals (akhlak), Tasawuf knowledge etc.

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2. Islamic court/Syariah court They provide knowledge on Islamic legal

system like marriage knowledge, Islamic criminal knowledge like

gambling, did not perform Jumaat prayer (The Muslim) and khalwat.

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Cont…3. Islamic museum

The responsibility of Islamic museums is to preserve Islamic artifacts and manuscripts.

They provide a lot of Islamic historical information like the Islamic emergence in Malay peninsular and the preaching of Islam by the Arab missionaries.

They also provide information on Islamic artifacts and manuscripts for instance prophet sword, hand written Quran and traditions, artifacts showing the relationship between Islamic governments.

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4. Islamic banking One of the functions of this institution is to

provide knowledge on Islamic banking for example al-wadiah, al-mudharabah, ar-rahnu, al-bai' bithaman ajil, al-Ijarah and Islamic investment.

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Cont…5. Zakat's institutions

They provide knowledge on the concept of zakat in Islam like:

Income zakat, zakat fitrah, trade zakat, gold zakat, saving zakat, livestock zakat and

Besides that, they also give information on those who are qualified to receive zakat from this institution and how zakat is spent, invested and distributed.

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6. Islamic preaching institution The responsibility of this institutions is to preach

Islamic information and practice to the Muslim and non Muslim community.

They provide information regarding the daily religious practice like fasting, praying, and their belief as well as their code of conduct.

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7. Islamic library These institutions provide information

materials regarding the Islamic teaching either printed or non-printed.

They also provide services on borrowing Islamic materials, inter library loans, Islamic indexes and databases and etc.

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8. Non-governmental Islamic organizations Among the role of non-governmental institutions

are to support government policy and to help the government agencies to spread Islamic teaching information to the community.

Mainly, these institutions provide information based on the nature of their business.

Besides that, they provide information regarding the daily religious practice, their belief and their code of conduct.

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9. Islamic training center As an Islamic training center, it also helps the

government agencies to spread Islamic knowledge.

The role of this institution is to provide formal training to the users.

Among the training they provide are marriages training for the facilitators, leadership trainings for the officers from the Islamic institution, pilgrimage trainings for the Muslim preachers etc.

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10.Islamic insurance institution These institutions provide information on

insurance for example family insurance, health insurance, transport insurance and etc.

They also provide information on the claims over insurer, insurance policy and etc.

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Cont…11. Islamic Foundation institutions

These institutions usually established for certain purpose.

They run business to achieve the targeted purpose.

These institutions provide information based on the nature of their business.

Sometimes they also support private institutions to conduct programs pertaining to their business financially as well as morally.

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Types of Records Created by These Institutions

1-Islamic educational institution in Malaysia The main records managed are educational records like

students' applications, examination results, payment of fees, records of attendance, scholarships, students activities, trainings, seminars, courses as well as education transcripts.

The examples of institutions are International Islamic University (UIA) and state Islamic colleges.

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2-Islamic courtThe main responsibility of Islamic court is to

implement Islamic Law and preserve justice. The Islamic court manages Islamic legal records like

Syariah criminal records (red color) and divorce records (blue color).

The divorce records include Taklik and fasakh records.

Besides that, it also has polygamy's records hadhanah records.

The example of Islamic court is state Islamic court.

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3-Islamic museumThe responsibility of Islamic museums is to preserve

Islamic artifacts and manuscripts. The Islamic religious records they preserve are

manuscripts and treaty(agreement) produced especially by the Islamic government.

They also have a lot of artifacts like the artifacts of prophet's sword, the emergence of Islam etc.

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4-Islamic bankAmong the records managed by this

institution are Islamic transaction records like:al-wadiah, al-bai' bithaman ajil, al-Ijarah, al-mudharabah, ar-rahnu and Islamic investment. 20

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5-Zakat's institutionThe records managed by these institutions are

income zakat, zakat Fitrah, gold's zakat, livestock's zakat

Besides that they also create records on how zakat is spent, invested and distributed.

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6-Islamic preaching institutionThe responsibility of this institutions is to preach

Islamic information and practice to the Muslim and non Muslim community.

The records managed are depending on the nature of the agencies.

For instance, Jabatan Agama Islam has records regarding marriage while Pejabat Mufti has records of Fatwas.

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7-Islamic library They create and manage records regarding

the acquisition and processing the Islamic information materials.

They also have records of borrowing materials and fees.

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8-Non-governmental Islamic institutionThe records managed are depending on the

nature of the agencies. The examples, Persatuan Pengguna Islam

Malaysia has records regarding the Muslim customers.

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9-Islamic training centerThey create certificates and keep the records

of the participants like applications, , records of attendance and payment of fees.

Besides that, they also manage the module and paperwork for each training.

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10-Islamic insuranceThese institutions have records on

insurance policy, claims, check, insured person's payments and etc.

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11-Records at Islamic Foundation institutions

These institutions create records regarding to their main business.

Among the examples of the records are financial records.

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