The Perspections of JHEOA Officers towards the Causes of Orang Asli Do Not Choose Islam as Their Religion

Abstract

This research was done to study the perceptions of the JHEOA officers towards the causes of Orang Asli did not accept Islam as their religion. The research was made in order to find out the reasons why the Orang Asli did not accept Islam, to find out thoroughly the problem faced by the Islamic preacher in running their preaching activities towards Orang Asli community and also obtain recommendation and solution to solve the problems and attracting more Orang Asli to accept 1slam.This research is a descriptive research and structured interviews and questionnaires were used in obtaining the data. From the research, it was found that the main problem of why the Orang Asli did not accept Islam is because the lack of attention from the Malays society and also no followup action has been taken after the da'wah activities end. The problem faced by the Islamic preacher arising due to unwillingness of the Islamic preacher to live with the Orang Asli family and also they were not interested in educating and preaching the Orang Asli. The recommendation obtain from this research is that the Islamic preachers must do a follow-up action continuously, increase the number of Interested Islamic preacher, and the Islamic preacher must study and understand the Orang Asli life style.