Trusted Islamic Website Model for Da'wah Dissemination

Abstract

Websites have become one of the important mediums in today's society. The role of websites in dissemination of information, especially information related to religion has expanded widely for the purpose of communication and adding knowledge. For Muslims, da'wah through information technology is taking place in the form of teaching Islam to society by various agencies and individuals mainly through websites. However, the issue of trust in Islamic websites is still being debated until now among researchers. The question such as does the information shared on the Islamic website really gives accurate and true information about Islam, or does it give misleading information? Misleading information about Islam will have a negative impact especially for less knowledgeable and inexperienced users which can lead to false beliefs and teachings. Therefore, the purpose of this paper is to identify the factors of trusted Islamic websites. The trusted factors are identified from previous studies done. The trusted factors are selected based on the importance and highest frequency. Four trusted factors of Islamic websites have been identified which are design, content, Islamic, and security. Based on the identified factors, a trusted Islamic website model has been proposed as a guideline.