THE INFLUENCE OF EGYPTIAN REFORMERS IN 1950-1960 TO THE DA’WAH MOVEMENT IN MALAYSIA YEARS 1970S

This paper will discuss historically the contributions of Muslim scholars and reformers such as Hassan Al-Banna (1905-1949) and Sayyid Qutb (1906-1966) in socio-cultural activities around the 1950s and 1960s in Egypt as well as the effects of their influence on da'wah movement in Malaysia. The emergence of da'wah institutions in Malaysia in the 1970s, as well as organizations that emphasized the importance of religious education for Muslims would also be discussed which had a direct impact on the pattern and shape of Islamic education in Malaysia in subsequent years. Using secondary data analysis, the study attempts to understand historical development of the Egyptian society during those periods from Sayyid Qutb's writings and al-Banna's statements in regards to Islam which advocating message ‘the formation of an Islamic society' through Islamizing various aspects of the economy, social and for a better solution to the existing socio milieu facing Muslims community around the world including Malaysia in particular