USE OF ELECTRONIC MEDIA FOR PREACHING OF RELIGION IN THE LIGHT OF SHARIA

The knowledge derived from human experiences and observations is perhaps the main, if not the only, source of change in the world from very beginning. But the recent inventions of science have stunned many by bringing drastic social, cultural, economical and political revolutions in the society. These inventions have affected almost all walks of life. Modern technology has left lasting imprints on the society of mankind. The devices, which seemed strange only few decades ago and many would even doubt their presence and performance, have become daily use items in today’s world. It seems difficult, if not impossible, to live a normal life in the modern world without using some of these products, which are gifts of science to human beings. A dweller of modern world is dependent on most of these devices and inventions. Although some of our eastern poets, perhaps disappointed by the wrong use or dejected by the fact that most of the inventors were infidels, describe instruments as death of the sense of courtesy. But it is also an unchallengeable fact that no instrument is good or bad. It is use of an instrument that makes it beneficial or harmful for people. Nuclear technology can destroy an entire city and kill millions of people if it is used for destruction but at the same time it can produce electricity and benefit billions of people in different ways if employed positively.