Relationship of Barriers and Islamic Practice In Physical Activity Participation Among Muslim Women

摘要

Many studies stated that Muslim women have lower rates of participation in physical activity and there also been a misconception that Islam prohibited physical activity and there is Muslim societies does not allow any physical participation particularly among Muslim. Reality, Islam actually promotes good health and fitness for both men and women by following the guidelines that been stated long times ago. This research is about the relationship between barriers in physical activity and whether Islamic practices also influence the participation in physical activity. The sample consisted of 455 UiTM students from four different UiTM campuses in Selangor. Two different questionnaires were used in this research and the result showed that there is no relationship between these two variables (0.441). Therefore, the needs to understand the key areas of barriers and Islamic practice in physical activity participation is crucial as a result to find an essential step to encourages Muslim women to participate in physical activity.