Islamic Theology (ISB539):

Group Assignment: (20%)

1. You are going to be divided into a group of 4 to 5 members in a group
(depending on the total number of students in the class).
2. Each member need to distribute these 10 questions to at least 10 of his/her
non-Muslim friends or neighbours.
3. You need to state their identity and contact number.
4. Please let them know that this is only an academic survey and not meant for
the public. All their identity and feedbacks will be treated as confidential.
5. You should avoid meeting them personally (due to the pandemic)
6. Please communicate through the social media.
7. For the distribution of the questionnaires, you can use the Google Form or
any other forms and/or formats
8. After distributing the questionnaires, your group need to combine their
answers and conduct an overall analysis of your findings.
9. Write an essay-like report about: Non-Muslims’ perception towards Islam
and Muslims in Malaysia.
10.Please attach a few samples of their answers in the appendix at the end of
your report.
11.Make sure you follow the common format of an academic report.
12.All the Best.
13.May Allah Taala make it easy for all your group members to complete this
task insyaAllah.
 Respondents can tick  more than 1 answer if necessary: Your sincere feedback is much appreciated
Never
Rarely
Q1: Have you ever heard or read about Muhammad as
Occasionally
the final Prophet of Islam before? (if not, proceed to Q4)
Sometimes
Frequently
Academic Institutions (Schools etc)
Family and friends
Social Media
Q2: Where did you hear or read about him? Mainstream media (TV and Radio)
Newspapers
Books written by Non-Muslims
Books written by Muslims
Totally negative
Mostly negative
Q3: Did you hear something positive or negative about
Neutral
him?
Mostly positive
Totally positive
No knowledge at all
Slightly know
Q4: How much do you think you know about Islam? Somewhat know
Moderately know
Quite a lot
Never
Rarely
Q5: How often do you interact with your Muslim friends
Sometimes
and/or neighbours?
Often
Always
Never
Rarely
Q6: Do you have any bad experience in your social
Sometimes
interaction with your Muslim friends or neighbours?
Often
Always
Very untrue
Q7: What do you think of Islamophobia*? Somewhat true
Sometimes true
*The fear, hatred of, or prejudice against Islam. Usually True
Always true
Strongly disagree
Disagree
Q8: Do you think Muslims also have misconceptions
Neither agree nor disagree
about your own religion and belief?
Agree
Strongly agree
Q9: Is there anything that you like about Islam and/or
Muslims?
Q10: Is there anything that you don’t quite like about
Islam and/or Muslims?