Browsing by Author "Ameen, I. L."

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Arabic education in Nigerian universities: the university of Ibadan as a model
(Nigeria Association of Teachers of Arabic and Islamic Studies, (NATAIS), Ogun State, 2023-06) Ameen, I. L.
This research aimed to shed light on the reality of Arabic education in Nigerian universities, with a special focus on what distinguishes the Department of Arabic Language and Islamic Studies at the University of Ibadan, which is considered the oldest scientific facility in this land. This excavation was carried out by investigating the stages through which Arabic activities passed through, and it explained its educational trends, which are not adopted by other Nigerian universities, especially with regard to teaching foreign languages. While the University of Ibadan was a British product, the establishment of subsequent universities was up to the Nigerian government. The research adopted the historical and inductive approach and concluded that the Nigerian universities that conduct Arabic programmes responded in their Arabic education to purely Arab trends, while the educational policy of the University of Ibadan was rooted in the ideologies of the colonialists since the dawn of its inception and continues despite the introduction of multiple developments to the university and its systems. This situation cannot be changed except by amending the university's educational policy left behind by the British colonization of the country and upon which the university was founded.
Epitomizing student-teacher relationaship as contained in the poems of Shaykh Abdul-Hakim
(Department of Arabic and Islamic Studies, Kogi State University, Anyigba, 2012) Ameen, I. L.
Fountain University’s strategies of islamizing knowledge: an overview
(Haytee Press and Publishing, 2011) Ameen, I. L.
The intention of this paper is to bring to the fore the strategies of Fountain University via-a-vis knowledge Islamization. The approach adopted in this regard is basically descriptive coupled with personal observation of the writer. In this paper attempt is made to probe into the historical background of this programme with a particular reference to Nigerian experience of de- Islamization process which eventually necessitated the adoption of the programme in Nigeria. As a background to the study, a synopsis about the university is highlighted coupled with the methods being adopted to ensure not only the acquisition of sound knowledge but also the moral principle- through these strategies. The paper concludes that the lofty goal of this programme will be better achieved if all the recommendations made are faithfully observed.
In search of the humanum: on order and disorder in Kamaldeen Balogun’s Rihlah al-Bahth an al-Insan
(Faculty of Arts, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, 2015) Ameen, I. L.
The works of Balogun have often been noted for providing antidotes to social maladies. This is particularly true of his creative work entitled Rihlah al-Bahth, in which notions of order and disorder have been mirrored. The paper, using Jacques Derrida's theory, examines construction and representation of order and disorder and search for the humanism across cultures and civilizations. It gives a vivid picture of the social cankerworms that permeate all facets of establishment such as bribery, reduction in the weight and double standard of morality, practice of prostitution, siphoning public funds, exploitation of tenants by landlords, selfishness of members of National Assembly, etc. The paper concludes these vices, as against author's impression, can still be nipped in the bud, despite the rarity of the righteous ones to champion the cause.
MADḤ genre in Africa: an Incursion into Ibn nafi’s supplicatory panegyrics to his sufi mentor, Shaykh Salahudeen Pelewura
(2018-04) Ameen, I. L.
This article explores the place of madḥ amidst other traditional Arabic poetic themes in Africa with particular reference to Ibn Nafi‘ panegyric ode on his sūfi mentor. It analyses the salient poetic features of supplicatory panegyric in Nigeria and the extent of its patronage by Yoruba ‘Ulamā. The study proceeds to chronicle the genesis of the fraternity between the poet and his patron. Analysing the structural pattern adopted for the composition, the author discovers that the poem is triggered not only by spiritual impulse but also betrothal connection between the author and his patron.
The position of arabic in international islamic University, Malaysia: a lesson for the Nigerian islamic universities
(Spectrum Books Limited, Ibadan, 2016) Ameen, I. L.