IIARD International Institute of Academic Research and Development

RESEARCH JOURNAL OF HUMANITIES AND CULTURAL STUDIES (RJHCS )

E-ISSN 2579-0528
P-ISSN 2695-2467
VOL. 10 NO. 2 2024
DOI: https://doi.org/10.56201/rjhcs.v10.no2.2024.pg15.20

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The Roles of Muslim Scholars in Managing Radicalism in Nigeria

Dr. Ayuba Bala Haruna Yawale Musa Dr. Bashir Liman Mashema

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Abstract

Islam is a religion with rules and regulations that touched every part of human life from individual to society and nations. Radicalism which associated with harm to humanity, society or nations cannot apparently to be said to escape the Islamic teachings. Allah says: “The good deed and the evil deed cannot be equal, repel (the evil) with one which is better, then verily he, between whom and you there was enmity (will become) as though he was a close friend”. (Q: 41:34) The Paper intends to treat the problem of being radical with the bad intention so as to show Muslim scholars are not good, since the initial tradition of the Prophet says this and that, but the intention is to divert people from the truth. The descriptive method would be apply in order to correct the perceptions of some individuals in our society. Radicalism appears in virtually almost every sector in every society throughout the world (Ahmad 2023). But rationalist are trying their best in order to tackle it at its beginning due to the danger of it, therefore Muslim scholars in Nigeria are in the upper hand to alarm government to stop any problem that may brought lack of peace and harmony within the Nigerian context, especially within the Muslim ummah. The main roles in which Muslim scholars should marry are: Purifying their minds when extending the message of Allah (S.W.T), good preaching and applying wisdom especially when there is misunderstanding on some cases and to link with Government so as to prevent radicalism within themselves as well as the entire society

keywords:

Radicalism, Muslim scholars, Nigeria, Management.

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