THE URGENCY OF DA'WAH IN THE DIGITAL ERA IN DEALING WITH ISLAMOPHOBIA

Abstract

The term Islamophobia has become popular since the 9/11 incident in the United States was carried out by people with Muslim identity. Along with the times and technological advances that are developing more rapidly, islamophobia has grown along with the spread of hoaxes on media. Then nowadays, da’wah activities are required to be able to the balance advances in technological science. The purpose of this paper is to understand the urgency of da'wah in the digital era in dealing with islamophobia. In this case, on this paper only limited to confronting Islamophobia in digital media. The study approach in this study used a qualitative approach. The type of study used descriptive research with the aim of drawing, describing and interpreting da’wah in the digital era in dealing with islamophobia. Da'wah is a business in the form of activities or activities that are inviting, encouraging, calling and conveying to humans both individually and in groups to the right path in the form of invitation to goodness and prevention of evil according to Islamic teachings in order to find happiness both in this world and in the Hereafter. In the digital era, the position and progress of online media is a challenge as well as an opportunity for da'wah activities in the digital era. In activities, da'wah using communication and information technology certainly plays an important role, this is in response to adaptive da'wah activities. From this paper, can be concluded that da’wah in the digital era is very urgently because to facing and minimize Islamophobia in society, we can use da’wah and community digital literacy skills. Community digital literacy skills are very important in this digital era. Hoaxes that spread about terrorism, racism and all the bad things about Islam should be minimized islamophobia with utilization of digital literacy wisely.