Islamization and the representation of Islam in Yoruabland of Southwestern Nigeria: an exploratory study with special reference to Jalabi phenomenon = Pengislaman dan perwakilan Islam di Yoruabland di baratdaya Nigeria: satu kajian eksploratori dengan rujukan khas terhadap fenomena jalabi

Musa, Afiz Oladimeji and Ibrahim, Hassan Ahmed (2015) Islamization and the representation of Islam in Yoruabland of Southwestern Nigeria: an exploratory study with special reference to Jalabi phenomenon = Pengislaman dan perwakilan Islam di Yoruabland di baratdaya Nigeria: satu kajian eksploratori dengan rujukan khas terhadap fenomena jalabi. Journal of Islam in Asia, 12 (2). pp. 219-240. ISSN 1823-0970 E-ISSN 2289-8077

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Abstract

Jalabi is an extant historical phenomenon with strong socio-religious impacts in Yorubaland, south-western part of Nigeria. It was a strategy devised by the Yoruba ‘UlamÉ’ as one of the many effective ways to represent Islam among the indigenous people for the purpose of spreading and consolidating Islam. This strategy is reflected in certain spiritual services rendered to the people, which include, but not limited to, spiritual consultation and healing, such as petitionary Du‘É (prayer), divination through sand-cutting, rosary selection, charm-making, etc. This paper represents an effort to study and investigate both positive and adverse effects of this long-standing phenomenon on the socio-religious life of the Yoruba people of Nigeria.

Item Type:	Article (Journal)
Additional Information:	2002/46304
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Jalabi, healing, Islam, Da‘wah, syncretism, Jalabi, penyembuhan, Islam, Da‘wah, sinkretisme
Subjects:	D History General and Old World > D History (General)
Kulliyyahs/Centres/Divisions/Institutes (Can select more than one option. Press CONTROL button):	Kulliyyah of Islamic Revealed Knowledge and Human Sciences > Department of History & Civilization
Depositing User:	Prof. Dr. Hassan Ahmed Ibrahim
Date Deposited:	22 Dec 2015 09:13
Last Modified:	15 Nov 2017 16:08
URI:	http://irep.iium.edu.my/id/eprint/46304

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