Being Muslim at the Intersection of Islam and Popular Cultures in Nigeria

Ibrahim, Musa

doi:10.1080/13696815.2022.2060193

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“…However, because of cultural differences between the regions, a specific Hausa Muslim video film industry developed in the north and distinguished itself from the Southern Nigerian films. Also, a large Yoruba Muslim population in the South-west and films in the Yoruba language are influenced by both Christianity and Islam (Ibrahim 2022). Although people often call the general Nigerian film industry Nollywood, people in the northern Hausa Muslim cinema prefer to call themselves Kannywood (McCain 2012;Jedlowski 2011;Ibrahim 2018Ibrahim , 2019.…”

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Sharia Reforms, Hisbah, and the Economy of Moral Policing in Nigeria

Ibrahim¹

2023

J. Study Relig.

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This article examines the ambiguous values that guide and sustain livelihood practices and everyday struggles of different classes of people in the context of contemporary Sharia reforms, introduced in Nigeria at the turn of the 21st century. It specifically analyzes the economic impact of the Yan Hisbah (moral police) in Kano in Nigeria, who enforce Islamic moral values in the economy. While the Sharia reformers promise economic prosperity in the face of allegedly failed secular government and economic systems, their interventions come under sustained criticism. Muslim subjects argue that the activities of the Yan Hisbah are limiting economic opportunities and development. They also criticize the Yan Hisba Sharia moral project as an economy thriving in an 'immoral' economy that it seeks to correct. The essay shows that moral economies in the context of state, religious reform, and capitalism are not easy to implement.

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Sharia Reforms, Hisbah, and the Economy of Moral Policing in Nigeria

Ibrahim¹

2023

J. Study Relig.

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“…Many Christian groups in northern Nigeria recognized this gesture in their public speeches, and, following that moment, a new alliance between minority Shia Muslims and Christians arose. This was also happening amidst the gradual hardening of Sunni beliefs through the activities of hisbah in some states where Christian residents and marginal Muslims felt threatened and even harassed by them (Ibrahim 2022). Thus, both Shia Muslims and Christians began to recognize their commonalities as minority religious groups in northern Nigeria and started to coordinate their resistance against the political and social domination of the Sunni majority, including participating in each other's religious rituals.…”

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Sunni and Shia Muslim and Christian encounters in northern Nigeria

Ibrahim

2022

Africa

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This article analyses how the circulation of ideas and hybrid rituals between Shia Muslims and Christians reveals a much more intentional political process whereby minority religious groups consciously create shared experiences and a sense of commonality in the face of political marginalization in northern Nigeria. One example is the Shia invention of Jesus’s Mawlid (Jesus’s birthday), which they perform in a different way from the conventional Christmas but that is attended by some Christians. Also, some Christians participate in the annual celebration of Mawlid al-Nabiy (the Prophet Muhammad’s birthday), organized by Shias. Despite the adherents of the two religions participating in mixed religious practices, they continue to see themselves separately as Muslims and Christians. Reactions to these hybrid rituals impact relationships among the mainline Sunni groups. Sufis (Tijanis and Qadiris), who were previously united in the face of the anti-Sufi reform movement (Izala), now diverge over how to respond to Shia Islam. While they disagree with Shias intellectually, not everyone supports the attacks against Shias by Salafi activists. These dynamics add to the understanding that the concept of ‘tolerance’ is not sophisticated enough to capture all forms of religious coexistence in Nigeria.

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Guiding Muslim Women in the University: The Muslim Students’ Society of Nigeria Women’s Programmes in Northern Nigeria

Balogun

2023

Journal of African Cultural Studies

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Being Muslim at the Intersection of Islam and Popular Cultures in Nigeria

Cited by 4 publications

References 27 publications

Sharia Reforms, Hisbah, and the Economy of Moral Policing in Nigeria

Sharia Reforms, Hisbah, and the Economy of Moral Policing in Nigeria

Sunni and Shia Muslim and Christian encounters in northern Nigeria

Guiding Muslim Women in the University: The Muslim Students’ Society of Nigeria Women’s Programmes in Northern Nigeria

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