The Role of Religion in Conscience Reawakening of the Youth

Abstract

In many countries of the world youth constitutes large number of population in which their conscience is abuse, most especially in underdeveloped and developing countries, some were left without formal and informal education that will drive and reprimand their character positively. They are also left with various immoralbehaviors peculiar to their dwelling end within their various societies. Many of these countries, youth have neither shelter nor food and security, they become vulnerable to any immodest activity in lieu without invoking the verdict of Allah in their ramifications of life due to the absolutely absence of religion in their lives. Furthermore, absence of religion can be devastating onthe youth. This paper studies the role of religion as a motivator in imparting ethics and morality to the youth by conforming their senses towards achieving right conducts in this world and the implication of its paired.The reawakeningof the youth towards religion in combatting evil tendencies and accordance of rewards(... therein all that the one‟s inner-selves could desire, all that the eyes could delight in and will be abide therein forever)cannot be emphasized. The study reveals that youth are victims of society violence andprone to psychological imbalance. Using the primary and secondary sources of information, this paper identifiedthe role of religion in reawakening the youth as contained in the Qur‟an and Sunnah. The paper recommends that Religious leaders (Muslim leaders) have serious role to play in imparting religious teachingin the communities by educating and enlightening them about the true