Live Sustainability of Pasangkayu’s Islamic Converts (Muallafs) After Conversion: An Islamic Law Overview in Modern Life

Abstract

The purpose of the research is to identify and to assess how proper the life of the Islamic converts (muallafs) after conversion is. Do they obtain attention like counseling about religious science and practices and about economic and lifeskill assistance considering most of them still live under poverty line. Hence it is required to do scientific research to recognize the reality.  The descriptive qualitative research is deemed suitable for it. The object is the point of attention of a study. The point of attention in this study is in the form of substance of the problem or phenomenon under study, namely social and economic solutions of the Pasangkayu’s islamic converts (muallafs) after conversion. The main result is the hope and the reality found irrelevant. So the major conclusion is that the muallafs still require attention and assistance from the existing stakeholders.