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Title:The Establishment of Western Education among the Muslims of Nigeria
Author:Gbadamosi, O.O.
Year:1967
Periodical:Journal of the Historical Society of Nigeria
Volume:4
Issue:1
Period:December
Pages:89-115
Language:English
Geographic term:Nigeria
Subjects:Islam
education
Education and Oral Traditions
Peoples of Africa (Ethnic Groups)
Religion and Witchcraft
Abstract:Today, the cause of Western education among Muslims in Nigeria is being prosecuted very actively by the Government and by such Muslim societies as the Ansar-Ud-Deen, the Nawar-Ud-Deen, the Ijebu Muslim Society, the Ahmadiyya and the Ansar-Ul-Islam. The impressive educational achievement of these Muslim societies, from the second decade of the 20th century onward, had its antecedents: the Muslim community was once averse, if not scornfully indifferent, to the cause of Western education among them. Examined is the nature of Muslim inicated is the transformation of this initial attitude from one of opposition to acceptance, and also is attempted to show the significance of the former opposition and the subsequent acceptance. Notes.
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