Muallaf Da’wah Activities in Kedah: Challenges and Solutions

Islam is the fastest growing religion whose numbers are increasing daily over the entire world. This study is set out to scrutinize formal da’wah activities in the northern state of Kedah, focusing on its challenges and solutions. These activates are formally carried out by government organization being supported by none-government organization specifically responsible for this mission with informal activities go on alongside. This is a case study and it used interviews, observations and document analysis in its data collection, which were descriptively analysed. It was found out that both government and non-government organizations cooperated in conveying the message as well catering for muallaf needs after their conversion to Islam through guidance classes, financial assistance and training. Almost all these organization face acute administration problems, insufficient funds, lack of enough qualified human resource and the muallaf stance. The study is of the view that there organization need to collaborate their activities in order to overcome these difficulties to ensure a smooth running of these programs proficiently and thriftily and to fully accomplish their projected gaols.