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Title: | Qadiriyyah and Tijaniyyah relations in Nigeria in the 20th century |
Author: | Quadri, Y.A. |
Year: | 1984 |
Periodical: | Orita: Ibadan Journal of Religious Studies |
Volume: | 16 |
Issue: | 1 |
Pages: | 15-30 |
Language: | English |
Geographic term: | Nigeria |
Subjects: | Muslim brotherhoods Qadiriyya Sufism Tijaniyya |
Abstract: | Qadiriyyah and Tijaniyyah, the two main Sufi tariqahs in Nigeria in the twentieth century, have experienced changing relations. For a long time they were on the war path. Due to some circumstances - inter alia the emergence of an anti-sufi organization, known as 'Izalah' (Jama'at 'izalat al-bid'at wa-igamat al-sunnah = Organization for the removal and the upliftment of the Tradition) - they swept their differences under the carpet and formalised relations. This article examines the causes of the changing relations of the two mystical bodies in Nigeria. - Notes. |