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http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/gssr.2021(VI-III).06      10.31703/gssr.2021(VI-III).06      Published : Sep 2021

Journalistic Ethics in Islam

    Islam provides ethical rules for media also. The human beingis independent and respectable. The material should bebeneficial for all. Islamic rules for journalistic ethics are authentic. Muslimsare responsible for the reformation of the world. Islam clears the basicconcept of the universe, human being, and code of life that is God made.Islam provides rules for media persons, material, and conveying process.These are compulsory for Muslims and general for all over the world.Reformation, through media, is crucial to protect the nations. It is difficult,to tell the truth to rulers and powerful people but very important to stopbeing cruel to the common people. Media is controlling the thinking leveland direction of the world. The media may be wrong or right. Islam provideseternal journalistic ethics. If Muslims, especially and rest of the world,generally act upon these ethical rules, media cannot be harmful.

    Journalism, Islam, Ethics, Media, Reformation
    (1) Razia Shabana
    Associate Professor, Department of Islamic Studies, Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan, Punjab, Pakistan.
    (2) Lubna Qasim
    Visiting Lecturer, Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan, Punjab, Pakistan.
    (3) Abdul Nasir Zamir
    Ph.D. Scholar/ Lecturer, Department of Computer Engineering, Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan, Punjab, Pakistan.