Who’s Responsibility?

Tazkirah Presented by Faiz Zakaria of IIUM - 14.08.2010

The presenter went to Sabah and Sarawak recently as a Muslim preacher. In Sabah, he found out that the Islamic values are acceptable. But deep into Sarawak the Islamic values being practiced quite far behind if compared to Sabah.

Almost for 50 years the Ibans have embraced Islam. Before that they were mostly Christians. But they knew nothing about Christianity. When they converted to Islam, also the same. Their ways of life still far from what Islam wants. They still rearing pigs around their houses while the dogs are happily strolling into their rooms.

The male Ibans still wearing shorts and the women still wearing only 'kembans' in their daily life. The imams when to lead the prayer only knows three 'surahs' to read: Al-Fatihah, and the 3 'Quls' through remembrance.

Next month the presenter would be going to Cambodia. At early information, he has found out that the Muslims in Cambodia, their houses more or less similar to the chicken dens.

The question is whose duties to make them really following the true Islamic teachings and ways of life?