Browsing by Author "Abbas, L. O."

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African muslim diaspora: the genesis of contemporary global islamic radicalism
(British Journal Publishing Incorporated, 2015) Abbas, L. O.
African diaspora is a phenomenal history of primordial occurrence ostensibly buried alive in a shallow grave. Its seeming resurrection in contemporary time has become a reality seeking a global attention. One of the flying wings of that reality which can never be clipped is religion. Being a diehard cultural pivot, religion connotes different things to different people at different times. It is the totality of life to the average living majority of African Muslims in diaspora. Religion, especially Islam, in contemporary time, has become a form of science that requires a concentrate study by all and sundry. This is because religion has graduated from its hitherto personal status into an interpersonal one with global security implications. Most people now see the unfortunate incident of terrorism that occurred in United States on September 11, 2001 as the genesis of the current global Islamic radicalism. This view totally contradicts historical facts as it undermines the real cause of today’s religious restiveness around the world. More than a decade before the US terrorism incident, there had been a signal pointing towards a possible religious turbulence at the dawn of the 21st century. But the signal was tactically ignored and treated as a non-issue. Today, many factors, like slave trade, religious dichotomy and economic insensitivity of former colonial masters still remind Africans in diaspora of their conditions. That reminder is like a whirl wind which should be calmed to allow peace in the 21st century. The modalities to adopt for it are some of the issues to be addressed in the body of this paper.
Assalat: meanings, prerequsites, implications and some practical observation of a worshipper
(Department Religious Studies, University of Ibadan, 2014) Abbas, L. O.
The concept of worship and supplication in Islam
(Sam Bookman Publishers, 2000) Abbas, L. O.
Contributions of islamic scholars to sustainable human and environmental development: islam hadhari and future development of muslim countries
(Inderscience Enterprises Limited, 2011) Uthman, I. O.; Abbas, L. O.; Oloso, K. K.
Today, despite the global scientific and technological advancement with developed and even a few developing countries including Muslim countries making significant strides in shaping contemporary civilisation and the state of the world, yet they have failed to achieve true development and progress on how to sustain human and other creatures in a wholesome manner. This is because while these countries are struggling for scientific and technological development in order for humans to live a decent and comfortable life, they have not fully comprehended the underlying indexes that formed the basis of sustainable development. This paper therefore examines the teachings of Islam on the underlying indexes that formed the basis of sustainable development. It used the maqasid approach to show that in Islam development and progress are useful and desirable only when they improve upon and sustain not only human comfort and standards of living but also the essentials to achieving higher and enhanced quality of life for not only humans but also the environment and all the creatures cohabiting in it. It finally reveals how the maqasid approach in Islam sets out to achieve this real development.
The contributions of the muslim Arabs to the development of science
(Department of General Studies, Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, Ogbomoso, Nigeria, 2014) Abbas, L. O.
There are two laws in the course of human existence that Physical Science briefly termed as science, otherwise called law of gravity and divine laws designed to govern the conduct of man. Unlike the physical laws, divine laws from Islamic point of view are not implemented under compulsion (Q. 2:256). The laws of Islam are, in fact, the scientific laws of human nature. Man is however influenced by his environment which may lead to his deviation from the tendencies of his nature and the right path of Islam. To teach man his natural duties, prophets were sent by God periodically. Thus, while physical laws can be discovered by experience, Islamic laws are revealed to the prophets by God for transmission to human beings. Man is honoured by virtue of knowledge over and above other creatures and this made him the vicegerent of Allah to execute the divine laws on earth. Man is endowed with particular faculties of mind to enable him discover the physical laws, and to harness all the resources of the earthly life to his best advantage. The fact that everything has been made subservient to man is a great incentive that provided for easy exploitation of all resources for the welfare of mankind. He, however, needs to acquire the knowledge of both physical science and divine laws for him to make appropriate utilisation of the earthly resources. That is why Islam has declared acquisition of knowledge as compulsory for all Muslims'. It is this mantra that propelled Muslims to want to actualize an orderly human civilisation based on unity devoid of racial, ethnic and religious discrimination This fact is in their quest to learn from earlier civilisatioris and also to incorporate their science and culture. Though the study of various aspects of sciences and arts that flourished in the apogee of their civilisation might not have been standardised, it, however, brought development and honour to humanity. They contributed to subjects like Mathematics, Physics. Medicine, Astronomy, Chemistry, Geography and Agriculture among others in arts and sciences.
The contributions of the University of Ibadan to manpower development in arabic and islamic studies
(HEBN Publishers Plc, 2008) Abbas, L. O.
The effects of Arab conflicts on the muslim world
(2010-03) Abbas, L. O.
Ideals and realities of imamship practices in yorubaland of Nigeria
(Lap Lambert Academic Publishing, 2010) Abbas, L. O.
Imamate and peripheral issues in Osogbo Central Mosque
(Ahmadu Bello University Press Limited, 2009) Abbas, L. O.
The imamate question in Osun State
(Mega Press Limited, 2012) Abbas, L. O.
The impact of itinerant scholars on the propagation of islam in Ibadan, Nigeria
(David Publishing, 2016-07) Abbas, L. O.; Lawal, I. B.
The advent of Islam in Ibadan, in about 1829, was made possible by the arrival of some Muslim scholars from the Northern part of the country. They were Igun Olorun, Ahmad Qifu and Uthman Baasunu who respectively became the first three Imams in the city. For the spread of the faith, these Mallams and their indigenous disciples adopted education and preaching methods. For education, they established Qur’anic schools in almost all quarters and villages where people were taught Arabic language to enable them perform the ritual worship. These schools were later upgraded to Madaris where standard Arabic education and culture are taught up till the present. As for preaching (da‘wah), open air services were organized where fundamentals of Islam viz.: Tawhid, Salat, Sawm, Zakat and Hajj were taught. Other ones include good neighborliness, duties of parents to children and vice versa as dictated by the Islamic law (Shari‘ah).
The Instrumentalism of rosary in contemporary textual interpretations of muslims
(Alogsy Publications, 2015-04) Abbas, L. O.; Busari, M. O.
This paper made an effort to examine the rosary as a spiritual instrument and one of the emblems and identifiers of Muslims world over. Not only that, the controversies expressed over its use and significance in Islam attracted a ’ research attention. Therefore, the exposition was a deliberate attempt to verify the source and the incursion of this identifier into the world of Islam. Besides, the significance of the identifier in terms of uses were subjected to juristic and holistic criticisms with the aim of differentiating the puritanical uses of the rosary from its abusive instrumentalization. The paper also did a critical assessment of texts of ahadith which scholars of Islam interpreted differently to argue on the legality or otherwise of the use of the rosary in Islam. From the findings of the study, the origin of the rosary was discovered to have predated the advent of Islam while its significance was established to have gone beyond the four walls of the mosque. As for the controversies generated among scholars concerning the position of Islam on its use, different interpretations of texts and association with diverse Muslim groups were found responsible. To some, the use of the rosary was considered an innovation while some others viewed it as Sunnah of the Prophet (S.A.W.). To some other people, its use was seen as compulsory and as an integral part .of Salat and supplication. In the concluding part of the study, it was argued that as much as the rosary is put to puritanical uses, the controversies surrounding its use are frivolous, needless and capable of creating discord among Muslims from different groups and diverse backgrounds.
Islam and modernity: the case of woman today
(2014-10) Abbas, L. O.
Islam and university education in contemporary Nigeria
(M-Class Publishers, 2008) Oladosu, A. A.; Abbas, L. O.; Oladosu, H. U.
This paper examines the contemporary problems confronting education in the Islamic world and critiques effort already put in place to solve them. It begins with an excursus into classical history of Islamic education and proceeds from there to discuss the politics and inherent challenges facing tertiary education particularly in Nigeria. It concludes that a pragmatic approach to solving the identified problems would be the adoption of Islamic philosophy which emphasizes a non-utilitarian approach to education as a whole.
Islam in contemporary Africa: re-reading history, contemplating challenges
(2016-01) Oladosu, A. A.; Abbas, L. O.
This paper is hinged on the following propositions: that any inquiry into the problematic of Islam in contemporary Africa must engage, not only with how the past has shaped the present, but equally with how the latter would likely shape and, in turn, be -shaded by possibilities in the future; that contemporary challenges facing Islam in Africa nests, in the main, in the disconnect between Islam in the text and the fissures in the contexts of Muslim realities all over the world. In exploring these assumptions, this paper casts a fresh look at the history and the unassailable patrimonies of Islam in the continent. It proceeds from there to explore some of the challenges facing the religion in the continent. While projecting into the future, the paper sources its discussion from critical perspectives that have been offered by, among others, Ali Mazrui, Sayyid Hussein Nasr and Talal Asad among others.
Islam’s view on family planning and birth control
(Department Religious Studies, University of Ibadan, 2014) Abbas, L. O.
The law of rajm (stoning) in Islam: legality and controversies
(Jemilah Publishers, 2015) Abbas, L. O.
Martydorn in islam: its concept and forms
(Department of Arabic and Religious Studies, University of Ibadan, 1997) Abbas, L. O.
Mawlidun-nabiyy celebration: an islamic tradition between the permissible and non-permissible
(2015-06) Abbas, L. O.
Muslim/christian politics of religion in Nigeria: the shariah application and the religious foundations of global muslim engagement with modernity
(Academic Journals, 2014-05) Abbas, L. O.; Uthman, I. O.
Contrary to the traditional modernist theories that development and progress can can be achieved through the western secular modernizing project, many Islamic societies are rejecting modernisms and the modernization project to borrow (arnason 2003), “as an organic globalization process” but not “as a globalizing civilization in the plural.” This paper differentiates between Islamic modernity and western modernity, and within this theoretical framework, demonstrates how muslins in Nigeria differ from Christians on the shariah application and the relation between religion and state. It also examines how this engagement reflects global muslins commitment to progress and development without submitting to a uniform, integral and singular modernist theory. Then paper, while comparing this engagement with modernity in both Nigeria and Malaysia, submits that the politics of religion playing out in Nigeria where many Muslim and Christians denigrate and resent each other in the “name of God” amidst their rivalry for the control of the country’s resource could be bought to an end if Nigeria adopts the Malaysians modern model of modernity which has fused religion (Islam) and development , while rejecting some aspect of western modern modernity like western democracy, comprehensive secularism liberalism and Greek rationality.