Background Info
GLOBALISATION IS A DYNAMIC PROCESS WHICH IMPACTS DIFFERENTIALLY ON VARIOUS CULTURES AROUND THE WORLD. ITS PERMEATES CULTURAL BOUNDARIES AND IN THE PROCESS RESULTS IN THE SPREAD OF WESTERN IDEOLOGIES AND VALUES ACROSS THE WORLD. GLOBALISATION PROCESS A CHALLENGE TO ISLAMIC CULTURE IDENTITY DUE TO SEVERAL REASONS: (A) GLOBALISATION PROMOTES MEDIA TO PROPAGATE THE HEGEMONY OF WESTERN CULTURE, (B) ITS REGENERATES LOCAL CULTURE TO REPLACE IT WITH THE SECULAR ONE, AND (C) ITS CHALLENGES THE COLLECTIVE ISLAMIC WAYS OF LIFE, VALUES, BEHAVIOURAL PATTERNS, AND PRINCIPLES. HOWEVER SCHOLARS GAVE ARGUED THAT GLOBALISATION PROMOTES CULTURAL INTEGRATION BY REMOVING CULTURAL BARRIERS AND STIMULATING A HEALTHY CULTURAL EXCHANGE. SUCH ARGUMENTS HAVE ENCOURAGED WESTERN CULTURAL HEGEMONY GLOALLY. CONVERSELY, AS A RESULT OF CULTURAL EXCHANGE, THE DOMINANT WESTERN CULTURE IS BEING MANIPULATED IN THE MUSLIM WORLD, REPLACING ISLAMIC CULTURE. THUS, ISLAMIC CULTURE IS BEING SERIOUSLY CHALLENGED BY GLOBALISATION. THEREFORE, MUSLIMS AROUND THE WORLD REQUIRE AWARENESS OF THE DREADFUL CONSEQUENCES OF CULTURAL GLOBALISATION, AND THE STRENGTH TO RETAIN THE ABOSOLUTE ISLAMIC CULTURAL TRAIT PRESCRIBED BY ALLAH.