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An Introduction to Islamic Movements and Modes of Thought in Nigeria

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This working paper surveys Islamic organizations, movements, and ideologies in Nigeria, roughly identifying them along the lines of Islamic traditionalism, Sufi orders (turuq lit. pathways), Salafi/Wahhabi revivalism2 modernist and insurgent Islam(ism), trado-Islamic and Christo-Islamic syncretism and deviant “Islamic” cultism. Previous academic studies of Nigerian Islam were often limited to the...

Keyword:

islamic, nigeria, movements, and pas

Subject:

African Studies

Creator:

Ibrahim Haruna Hassan

Owner:

Scholarly Digital Publishing

Date Uploaded:

11/12/2018

Date Modified:

11/12/2018

Date Created:

2015

Resource Type:

Research Paper