Islamic Thought Among Nigerian Yoruba : The Influence of Shaykh Adam Abdullah al-Aluri

ISBN-13: 9783659481741 / Angielski / Miękka / 2013 / 120 str.

Mohammed Muneer'deen Olodo Al-Shafi'i

Opis

This study is an immortal and intellectual recognition of al-Al ri for his work well done in the field of Islamic da'wah, social, humanitarian and intellectual contributions in the Yorubaland in particular, Nigeria as a whole, and Africa in general. It seeks to investigate the factors or processes that led to the transformation of the Yoruba Muslim society through the influence of Shaykh dam 'Abd All h al-Al ri, and his influences on the Muslim-Arabic institution in Nigeria, with particular reference to the Yoruba. The study also clarifies, to a certain extent though, the conflicting views of the scholars with regard to arrival of Islam to the Yoruba in western Nigeria. The study, from the submission of 'Abd All h al-Al ri, ascertains that Islam came to Yoruba land from Mali in the first half of the 14th century. According to Shaykh al-Al ri, the importance attached to family as a cornerstone of a healthy and balanced society, is one of the most striking features of the Muslim society, and the process of modernization essentially involves a rational structural transformation of simultaneous changes in its linguistic system and values.

O autorze

Olodo Al-Shafi'i, Mohammed Muneer'deenMohammed Muneer'deen O.A, MA: BA in English Language and Its Literature (Al-Azhar University in Cairo - Egypt); PGD in International Economic Relations and Negotiations (Institute of National Planning, Cairo - Egypt); MA Philosophy, Ethics and Contemporary Issues (IIUM, Malaysia); and currently a PhD Candidate (IIUM, Malaysia).