OPENNES OF ISLAMIC LEARNING IN FACULTY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY STUDENTS IN ACCESS TO RELIGIOUS INFORMATION

Abstract

Millenial Islamic generations are often identified with popular culture that is characterized by an instant and tend to smell of technology. In the “consume” of religious teaching, according to some research using this characteristic namely learning religion quickly, instantly and without going through a dilligent study process with teachers or through formal education process. The era of technological development is also become a tool in learning religion. On that basis, the researchers want to describe how information access of religion among students in Faculty of Science and Technology at UIN North Sumatera Medan. This is because almost 90% students in faculty are from public school educational background and then study in Islamic University who certainly participate in the study of Islamic discourses. As a result, religious access or more precisely religious reference in obtained through an instant process, for example learning from whatsapp group, youtube and social media like facebook etc. All of the processes are more dominantly accessible to the students, so although they study in Islamic University, but source of Islamic learning comes from outside of the University. The dominant reference figures for example Abdul Shomad, Dr. Zakir Naik, Dr. Khalid Basalamah and the similar ideological figures.