Back to Basics: Where Is Allah? - A Survey of Generation Z Youth at the Canadian University of Dubai

Baadel, Said (2015) Back to Basics: Where Is Allah? - A Survey of Generation Z Youth at the Canadian University of Dubai. International Journal of Social, Education, Economics and Management Engineering, 9 (2).

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Abstract

The belief of a heavenly God is enshrined to all Abrahamic religions which form the three major religions of the world today. Muslims believe in Allah who is above the seven heavens. The youth in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) study Islamic courses as part of their high school curriculum and are required to take at least one Islamic course at the university level to gain credit hours towards their general education (GENED). This paper provides an insight of what the youth studying in the UAE think of where Allah is. Our analysis shows that a big number of Muslim youth were not sure, especially those from the Middle Eastern and Arab countries bringing to conclusion that this subject needs to be revisited again in the course work.

Item Type:	Article
Subjects:	B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BL Religion B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BP Islam. Bahaism. Theosophy, etc B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BR Christianity
Schools:	School of Computing and Engineering
Related URLs:	Publisher Conference
Depositing User:	Said Baadel
Date Deposited:	01 Sep 2016 13:29
Last Modified:	15 Jan 2017 17:35
URI:	http://eprints.hud.ac.uk/id/eprint/29302

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