Women in Development: Alhaja Muhalimatu Rianat Arowolo an Icon Of Islamic scholarship in Ilorin Emirate
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2011-12-19
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International Islamic University College Selangor and Association of Malaysian Muslim Intellectuals
Abstract
The past has bequeathed the present with the profiles of successful people in
different endeavors for man to effectively deal with the present and the future. In Islam,
literature abounds about Muslim scholars; men and women alike. The memoirs of
Khadijat and Aisha among the wives of the prophet, Fatima the prophet’s daughter, Asmau
and Hafsatu the daughters of Shehu Usmanu Danfodiyo are good examples. In furtherance
of the lofty scholarship tradition, the Muslims in Nigeria as well as the government fast
tracked Muslims’ education by modernizing traditional Qur’anic schools along western
education. Alhaja Rianat Arowolo is a product of the educational reform. Today, she is
reputed for Islamic scholarship in Ilorin Emirate. This paper therefore, examines the
scholarship of Alhaja Rianat Arowolo as a product of Islamic education reform of the 20th
century in Ilorin Emirate; one of the reputable Islamic cities in the north-Central geopolitical zone of Nigeria.
Key words: Women, Development, Islamic scholarship, Ilorin Emirate.
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Women, Development, Islamic Scholarship, Ilorin Emirate