Internet services and the challenges of Muslim adolescents

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2007
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Al-Fikr Journal of Arabic and Islamic Studies
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The Internet is one of the units of Information and Communication Technology (ICT). It provides various services including: Electronic Mail (e-mail), Search Engines and File Transfer. This technological advancement poses a lot of challenges to Muslim adolescents. The paper focuses on the Search Engine Service of the internet and the varieties of uses it can be subjected to. The Islamic provision on child upbringing was used as a standard for measuring the pros and cons of this information service. The paper established that Search Engine Service enables the user to have access to unrestricted information and entertainments which expose them to trivialities and obnoxious experiences that are condemned by Islam.
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16. Hussain-Abubakar, Sherifat. (2007). Internet services and the challenges of Muslim adolescents. Al-Fikr Journal of Arabic and Islamic Studies, 20: 47-58