Communication patterns among Muslim community an exploratory study
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2013
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This research explores communication patterns among the Muslim community. Every act as well
as communication that a Muslim makes is looked upon from religious point of view. As Islam
has shaped living ways of Muslims, it has also influenced the communication behavior of the
Muslim community. Communication patterns among Muslims are also shaped by their religion,
Islam. Muslims have their own way of greeting each other. They have their own way of
celebrating festivals, holding wedding ceremony, welcoming to new born baby and funeral rites,
among other activities. At the time of such activities, whatever a Muslim speaks and passes
comments are in the line with Islamic tradition. In the five time prayers each day, in some act
transpersonal communication occurs while in some acts two-way communication occurs and
instant feedback is also found. In the weekly Friday prayer mass communication occurs as the
Imam delivers sermon before Farz prayer (obligatory ones) begins. Both mass communication
and transpersonal communication occur during annual prayers of Eid-ul-Fitr and Eid-ul-Adha,
two major festivals in Islam. Mass communication also occurs when Ijtima (religious gathering)
is held. Imams and scholars deliver sermons about Islam by relating them with contemporary
issues. Sermons are aimed at motivating Muslims to do each and every act in accordance with
the teachings of the holy Qur’an and Sunnah. If we talk about channels used by Muslims to
deliver Islamic messages, they use various channels. Transpersonal communication occurs when
a Muslims enters to a bathroom, exit from there, when he or she begins to have meal, after
having meal, when sneezing, before beginning a journey, when looking into mirror, when seeing
a bad dream, when using new cloths, before sleeping and when waking up, when there is
thunderclap. Allah, in the holy Qur’an, commands to hold consultation before taking crucial
decision in family or other affairs.
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Muslim community, Exploratory study