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divisions, information that related to fatwa andfalaq, relevant links especially related to fatwa.50% of the website provides the fatwa decisionthat can be read by the surfer. Most of the fatwapublished were the gazette fatwa at each state.This information can be found by choosing thelink that will bring the surfer to the e-fatwa portalor from the state database of website itself.The language used for the website is Malaylanguage. Only Melaka provide the English as thealternative language to the surfer in the website.All website provide interactive environment thesurfer can post any questions or communicatesing. forum provided. The interactiveenvironment though can be classified as theasynchronous communication since the surfercannot get the answer promptly. The websiteprovides a sufficient human computer interface(HCI). The information visualization is attractiveand suits the concept of Islamic website. Theaccessing time is also can be consider tolerable.5.3 Challenges in making a website as asource of information.Cyber Islamic environments have the potential totransform aspects of religious understanding andexpression within Muslim contexts, and the powerto enable elements within Muslim populations todialog with each other (Bunt, 2003); Access to theInternet specifically a website is important inGililding a strong networking and promulgatingthe fatwa to the Muslim. Nevertheless there arechallenges that limit the website extended usagewhich are known to all the website and internet asthe best information provided not considering thelegitimization of the content itself.The department still shortage in number of staff.Normally the officer manages the website updateand maintenadce besides his official job. OnlyMufti Department of Selangor has an InformationSystem Officer that handles the entire ICT relatedtask. Therefore most of the person handle ormanage the website are limited of ICT skills yetthey cope with the task adequately. Figure 1shows the problems that encounter by the staff inMufti DepartmentsSystemfimsFigure I: The problems faced by the respondents whileusing the ICT.Table 3: Features ofMalaysian fahva websiteProblems can never be avoided while using the* .., .,x..;,r. $.t:.hll,fti, :rg .igb?,py. ... :...ICT. Most of the problem faced by the,..:$~Pa.rr;;:p.~:1,anguage ,. ,~-.,5.~,,.,,a,,v.:. .,. ,,>I departments is virus attacking. Due to this most of. I,~~:.~~?~~Mclaka 1 2J J I J tolerable the files have been affected. This will delay thePulau Pinang1 J J J tolerableaction of decision-making and disseminating.Persk1d v' d tolerableSarawakI J J J tolerable Lack of skills becomes the second obstacles.Terengganu IJ J 4 tolerableSelangor1d,tolerableThe challenges and limitations that occur inpreparing the website for each department includelimited workforce and skills and inadequate ICTinfrastructure and equipment.From the interview sessions, the specific skillsthat most of the departments need are the skills onsystem administration, website design, anddatabase management. The person as well mustknow to overcome the technical problems. Otherproblems that have been facing by thedepartments besides the problems that have beenmentioned above are the computer malfunction,fast changes of technology, and financialproblems.Most of the Mufti's department shares the serverwith the Majlis Agama Negeri, According to theresearch done one of the reason of inadequate ICTinfrastructure and equipments is because oflimited budget.6.0 CONCLUSIONDeveloping a website for the purpose ofpromulgation fatwa does offer enormousimplications to the Muslim. ICT could be thesuitable tools to enhance the management anddissemination of fatwa if it is well plan anddesign. Information is easily accessed andThis paper was presented atInternational Conference on Information andCommunication Technology onThe Muslim Worlds 2006
I .gathered. Many people and researcher can havethe information about fatwa from the Internet.Furthermore, more people can access theinformation easily and thus encourage to the useof fatwa as apart of reference in the Muslim life.The effort of uploading the information of fatwain the Internet by Mufti's Department must beacknowledged and credited. Despite thechallenges and limitation that they are facing stillthey manage to prepare the website of fatwa to thesurfer.For dissemination purpose, placing informationon the internet is one of the quick ways. At anyrate it is important for the user to ensure theinformation come from the trustable sources andis reliable. The information providers also have toemphasize on the securities issues so that theinformation special fatwa that are published in theInternet is not being edited and manipulated byirresponsible parties.Mohd Daud Bakar. 1997. Instrumen FatwaDalam Perkembangan Perundangan Islam.5(1) Jurnal Syariah I.n.a. 2004. "Fatwa Hasjl Perbincangan SecaraJemaah". Utusan Malaysia. 16 Jan. pg 8n.a 2003. Sinopsis Sejarah Perlaksanaan E-Syariah, Jabatan Kehakiman SyariahMalaysia, PNB 2003.Stephan Fallows & Rakesh Bhanot. 2002.Educational Development & ICT: Anintroduction. Educational Developmentthrough Information and CommunicationTechnology. SEDAUthman El-Muhammady. 1998. Bank Fatwa dunInternet. Abdul Monir Yaacob, Wan RoslailiAbd Majid (ed). Mufti dan Fatwa Di NegaranegaraAsean.http:/lwww.e-fatwa.pov.niy/e-fatwa aspl~ttp:l!www.isla~n.n,ov.myl~ttp:ll~nuftiperak.n,ov.myhttp;//www.jaheik.gov.myhttp:l!www.e-fatwa.~ov.mylrnufti/fatwalist?lDhttp:Nwww.e-fatwa.~ov.m~Irnut&BIBLJOGRAPGHYAl-Quran al-KarimAbdul Ghani Shamsudin. 1998. Ijtihad, Mufti dunInternet. Abdul Monir Yaacob & WanRoslaili Abd Majid. Edisi 1. Mufti dan Fatwadi Negara-negara Asean: n.pb.Abdulmajid H. Mohamed. E-Fiqh; Foundationsfor ICT-Supported Fiqh. InternationalSeminar on Islamic Thoughts: Islam: Past,Present and Future.2004Adel M. Abdul Aziz. 2003.SejarahPerkembanganFatwa. Institut Pengurusan dan PenyelidikanFatwa Sedunia (INFAD).Alter, S. 2002. Information Systems, TheFoundation Of E-Business. Fourth Edition,New Jersey: Prentice Hall.Bill Daley. 2005. Computers Are your future2005. New Jersey, Pearson Prentice HallInternational Edition. Page 7.Bunt E. 2003. Islam in Digital Age: E-Jihad,Online Fatwas and Cyber IslamicEnvironments. Pluto Press: London.ICTFatwa Negeri Perak, Jabatan Mufti Negeri PerakTaklimat Pembangunan Dan Perlaksanaan e-Fatwa, Jabatan Kemajuan Islam Malaysia.This paper was presented atInternational Conference on Information andCommunication Technology onThe Muslim Worlds 2006
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