FINAL YEAR PROJECT REPORT STUDENT
KNOWLEDGE, APPRECIATION AND
AWARENESS ON CURRENT ISLAMIC ISSUES AND SHIITE IDEOLOGY AND ITS RELATIONSHIP TOWARDS
ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT
RAJA HANIZA SOFFIA BINTI RAJA HUSSIN 2014557131 SARIPAH NAJUWA BINTI T.A RAHMAN 2014944765 UMMI NADHIRAH BINTI FIRUS 2014390935
JANUARY 2017
UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI MARA FINAL YEAR PROJECT REPORT
STUDENT KNOWLEDGE, APPRECIATION AND AWARENESS ON CURRENT ISLAMIC ISSUES AND
SHIITE IDEOLOGY AND ITS RELATIONSHIP TOWARDS ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT
RAJA HANIZA SOFFIA BINTI RAJA HUSSIN 2014557131 SARIPAH NAJUWA BINTI T.A RAHMAN 2014944765 UMMI NADHIRAH BINTI FIRUS 2014390935
Bachelor of Science (Hons.) Statistics Center of Statistics Studies
Faculty of Computer and Mathematical Sciences
JANUARY 2017
Center of Statistics Studies
Faculty of Computer and Mathematical Sciences
JANUARY 2017
APPROVED BY:
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(MADAM FUKAYHAH@FATIHA BINTI SUHAMI)
Supervisor
Faculty of Computer and Mathematical Sciences
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
“In The Name of Allah, The Most Gracious, The Most Merciful”
Firstly, we are grateful to Allah S.W.T for giving us the strength to complete this project successfully.
We would like to express our very great appreciation to our supervisor, Madam Fukayhah @ Fatiha Bt Suhami for her valuable and constructive suggestion during the planning and development of this final year project. Her willingness to give her time generously has been very much appreciated.
Moreover, we would like to extend our deepest appreciation for our lecturers for their guidance and sharing their knowledge throughout our study. It is really appreciated. Fur- thermore, we also would like to thank our friends who are helping us a lot in giving opinions and sharing their knowledge in order to make us completing our study.
Last but not least, a very special thanks with great respect to our families, especially our beloved parents for their support either morally, financially or physically. Also, a lot of thanks to all those involved directly or indirectly in helping us to complete our final year project.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS iii
TABLE OF CONTENTS iv
LIST OF TABLES vi
LIST OF FIGURES vii
ABSTRACT viii
CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION 1
1.1 INTRODUCTION . . . 1
1.2 PROBLEM STATEMENT . . . 4
1.3 RESEARCH OBJECTIVES . . . 6
1.4 RESEARCH QUESTIONS . . . 6
1.5 RESEARCH HYPOTHESES . . . 6
1.6 SCOPE AND LIMITATION OF THE STUDY . . . 7
1.7 SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STUDY . . . 7
1.8 RESEARCH SCHEDULE . . . 8
CHAPTER 2: LITERATURE REVIEW 9 2.1 INTRODUCTION . . . 9
2.2 ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT . . . 11
2.3 THE ISLAMIC CONCEPT OF KNOWLEDGE . . . 13
2.4 APPRECIATION OF RELIGION . . . 16
2.5 STUDENT AWARENESS ON CURRENT ISLAMIC ISSUES . . . 18
2.6 STUDENT AWARENESS ON SHIITE IDEOLOGY . . . 20
CHAPTER 3: METHODOLOGY 22 3.1 INTRODUCTION . . . 22
3.2 STUDY POPULATION . . . 22
3.3 STUDY DESIGN . . . 22
3.4 SOURCE OF DATA . . . 22
3.5 MEASURING INSTRUMENT . . . 23