Religious militancy and self-assertion : Islam and politics in Nigeria

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Title:

Religious militancy and self-assertion : Islam and politics in Nigeria

Author:

Kukah, M. H. (Matthew Hassan)

ISBN:

9781859724743

Personal Author:

Kukah, M. H. (Matthew Hassan)

Publication Information:

Aldershot, Hants, England ; Brookfield, Vt. : Avebury, c1996.

Physical Description:

xii, 298 p. ; 23 cm.

Series:

The Making of modern Africa

Series Title:

The Making of modern Africa

Contents:

1. The context: Religion and national integration -- 2. The old and the new Caliphates -- 3. "One North, One God": Islam and political legitimation -- 4. "Rumblings below the River Niger": Protest by Yoruba Muslims -- 5. Religious bigotry -- 6. The Shari'a in politics -- 7. Violence and deprivation: The Kaduna State experience -- 8. The religious palaver: A memo to the state -- 9. Violence in Zangon-Kataf, 1992: The national question -- 10. "This is not a Muslim Country": The Christian response.

Subject Term:

Islam and politics -- Nigeria.

Religion and politics -- Nigeria.

Geographic Term:

Nigeria -- Politics and government.

Added Author:

Falola, Toyin.

Copies:

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Library	Material Type	Item Barcode	Shelf Number	Copy	Status
Searching... 1:IIEMSA	1:GEN-BOOK	33168020372286	322.109669 K96R 1996	1	Searching... Unknown

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Summary

This critical assessment of the origins and consequences of Islam and politics in colonial and post-colonial Nigeria covers religion and national integration; looks at the old and the new Caliphates; examines violence and deprivation in the Kaduna State; and analyses national feeling.