Da'wa Practices And Its Challenges In Contemporary Era (Case Study In Kotawaringin Timur Regency, Indonesia)

Da’wa (proselytization) is an important aspect of Islam Religion. It based on holybook (al-quran) and hadits as doctrine sources. Historically Islam has been developed around the world through da’wa. So, Islam is named as a da’wa religion. This article aims to describe da’wa practices and its challenges in Kotawaringin Timur Regency, Central Kalimantan, Indonesia. This research was conducted in Kotawaringin Timur Regency for some reasons . It is a strategic district because it is quite advanced both economically and infrastructure as well as the longstanding development of Islam.The data of article was collected by observation, depth interview, and documentation. By using descriptive qualitative methods, the study find out some findings, namely first, da’wa practices have been condacted by personally and by organizations. It also be delivered verbally and besides it, some messages only focused on clasical issues such as islamic law, islamic sufism, but contemporary issues have not discussed. Using da’wa media between rural area and urban area is different. Some modern media were only used in urban area such as radio, television, youtube, and also social media. Second, some challenges are human resources, distance andngeographical factor, new religious thought school, deviant notions, and also society’s changed mindset and behavior because of globalization impac