Dakwah Activities in Puteri UMNO

Abstract

UMNO is a one body, which possesses the capacity to hold systematically all types of religious needs and it plays an effective role in the society especially through its Puteri UMNO. Therefore, this study is conducted to identify Da'wah activities held by Puteri UMNO in its effort to spread Islam. Questionnaire and interview methods were used in this study. In this study, 66 respondents were interviewed based on a prepared questionnaire. The result from this methodology indicated that women were the role players in organizing religious programs and the reception that they received from society is encouraging. The initiation to hold religious activities came from the Puteri's awareness of how important it is for the society to have spiritual values and balance in their life. According to this study, it is clearly shown that the Puteri has effectively utilized its religious bureau even though they were only active at branch and divisional levels. There are some suggestions given by the researcher in this study.