The Role of Muslim Women Political Actualization in the Movement of Virtual Da'wah

Abstract

This paper aims to analyze the role of Muslim women in the da’wah movement in conditions where technology can facilitate it. So the challenge faced by dominance of men in the da’wah movement and in the use of technology facilities. This is a qualitative research by data collecting done by library research through literature review from scientific articles. The research result showed that Indonesia as the world’s top five internet technology and communication users through social media, has a number of potential Muslim mowen who do da’wah virtually in reaching the goal of da’wah, namely the formation of global unity of Ummah. Through that virtual da’wah the Muslim women of Indonesia are also mobilized and driven as part of the social change machine through it’s actualization in da’wah politics, although the position of women is still lags far behind men in terms of competence, skills and expertise accessing technology and internet. The choice of Muslim women’s interaction with information technology will always be interpreted as a conscious and mutually supportive relationship in da’wah.