IMPACT OF THE MODERNIZATION OF ARABIC AND ISLAMIC EDUCATION IN ILORIN EMIRATE, 1943-2015
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2024
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Kaduna Journal of Humanities
Abstract
The much emphasis, which Islam laid on knowledge as a criterion for effective worship of
Allah (God) necessitated the need for people of Ilorin Emirate to establish various traditional
Islamic schools. The presence of Islamic knowledge in Ilorin following the formation of a
theocratic government by the way of an Emirate in 1823 attracted a large number of Muslims from
inside and outside the Oyo empire who were in search of Islamic learning, this therefore, called
for the establishment of more advanced Arabic and Islamic educational institutions in Ilorin. This
emphasis of Islam on knowledge acquisition as well as the contemporary educational challenges
therefore gave birth to the changing of phases of Arabic and Islamic learning in Ilorin Emirate
from 1940s till the present time whose effect has been the modernization of Arabic and Islamic
learning in Ilorin with its attendant impacts. Using oral sources and secondary sources, the paper
examines the transformation of Arabic and Islamic school system in Ilorin Emirate from traditional
to advanced form as well as the impacts of the modernization/westernization on the Arabic and
Islamic learning in Ilorin Emirate and beyond.
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Arabic, Ilorin Emirate, Islam, Modernization, Quranic