Virtual platform for Islamic studies

KOTA BARU: The Covid-19 pandemic is impacting the country’s education system, including Islamic studies, as the face-to-face learning process has been forced to stop.

To address this, Muhammad Amar Mirza Abd Kadir Jailani, 27, set up bedaie.com (BeDaie), a platform for Islamic studies featuring certified teachers and experts.

According to him, BeDaie is the first project in Malaysia that combines a teaching workforce from eight countries, namely Indonesia, Singapore, Pattani in Thailand, China, India, Yemen, African nations and Sri Lanka.

“The learning process is also well-organised, offering more than 20 fields of studies based on the Ahli Sunnah Wal Jamaah, and is suitable for all ages. “The platform allows people to attend Islamic classes, acquire religious knowledge, read the Quran and ask questions and understand religious issues,” he said.

A virtual launch of BeDaie, that was set up in May, was conducted by Kelantan Human Development, Education, Higher Education, Science and Technology Committee chairman Datuk Dr Mohamed Fadzli Hassan on Tuesday. It currently has about 500 local subscribers.

BeDaie offers packages of between RM150 and RM250 a month and so far, it has more than 100 teachers, Bernama reported.

Muhammad Amar, who holds a certificate in syariah studies from Yemen, is targeting 1,000,000 subscribers and 5,000 teachers worldwide on BeDaie within a year. He is hoping to work with the Federal Territory Islamic Religious Council for recognition of a certificate to be issued to BeDaie students.