Psychology-based Religious Propagation in Cyberspace Urged
Making use of traditional methods for religious propagation in cyberspace is no longer effective and attempts should be made to develop a more psychological outlook toward the subject.
This is according to Hojat-ol-Islam Alireza Ghaeminiya, academic board member of Islamic Culture and Thought Research Center, who, speaking to IQNA, referred to cyberspace as a digital space with a great number of audiences particularly educated ones, adding that this calls for more attention to religious propagation via the Internet.
“We need to take more serious steps to introduce Islam to the entire world in the virtual space,” he went on to say, adding: “Apart from seminaries which act as the pillars of religious propagation in society, every single user can carry out the task using his knowledge and expertise.”
“Of course, using the cyberspace to promote religious teachings does not undermine the necessity of religious sermons and speeches; however, considering the new ways of communication in the modern world, we ought to employ more up-to-date methods in this regard.”
Hojat-ol-Islam Ghaeminiya further criticized the lack of an appropriate educational system in seminaries to acquaint seminary students with cyberspace, urging the related officials to make serious plans, encouraging seminarians to do more activities in the virtual world.
He said the internet, chatting and even the social network of Facebook, though not much elevated in quality, can be used as effective media to promote religious teachings among the youth.
“Using traditional methods for religious propagation in cyberspace does not seem an appropriate strategy anymore; we should instead attempt to develop a more psychological outlook toward the artistic and aesthetic aspects of religious propagation,” he further stated.
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“We need to take more serious steps to introduce Islam to the entire world in the virtual space,” he went on to say, adding: “Apart from seminaries which act as the pillars of religious propagation in society, every single user can carry out the task using his knowledge and expertise.”
“Of course, using the cyberspace to promote religious teachings does not undermine the necessity of religious sermons and speeches; however, considering the new ways of communication in the modern world, we ought to employ more up-to-date methods in this regard.”
Hojat-ol-Islam Ghaeminiya further criticized the lack of an appropriate educational system in seminaries to acquaint seminary students with cyberspace, urging the related officials to make serious plans, encouraging seminarians to do more activities in the virtual world.
He said the internet, chatting and even the social network of Facebook, though not much elevated in quality, can be used as effective media to promote religious teachings among the youth.
“Using traditional methods for religious propagation in cyberspace does not seem an appropriate strategy anymore; we should instead attempt to develop a more psychological outlook toward the artistic and aesthetic aspects of religious propagation,” he further stated.
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