The Involvement of Ansarul Islam Society in Western Education in Ilorin, 1942 - 2002
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2020
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Centre for Ilorin Studies (CILS), University of Ilorin, Nigeria
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The establishment of Islamic organizations have always been for the purpose of realizing goals and objectives in an organized social settings. This is a peculiar feature or characteristics of all Islamic organizations. Through the social and other related roles which these Islamic organizations play, they make themselves relevant in diverse ways to the needs of the adherents of such beliefs. For the Muslims of Northern Nigeria, the establishment of Islamic organization seemed urgent and necessary during the period after the British conquest of the region. But while it was expected that these organizations would emerge in the early years of colonial rule, the Muslims in Northern Nigeria could not realize these goals. They only perceived the need to create Islamic organizations when they began to experience direct assault from their Christian counterparts who used Western education and values to win converts from among the Muslim population. Since the period of British conquest, Western education became one of the pre-conditions for participation in the colonial civil service, a crucial determinant of the emerging elite structure in colonial Nigeria. It then gradually became impossible for Muslim youths to jettison completely the adoption of Western education. Thus, the emergence of several Muslim religious organization in Northern Nigeria during the period was due mainly to the need to introduce into the already existing curricular of Muslim Education some elements of Western education.
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Eliasu, Y. (2020): The Involvement of Ansarul Islam Society in Western Education in Ilorin, 1942 - 2002. In A.G.A.S., Oladosu, Z.I., Oseni, M.A., Adedimeji and A.L. Azeez (Eds.), Ilorin: History, Culture and Lessons of Peaceful Existence (pp. 25-37). Ilorin: Centre for Ilorin Studies (CILS), University of Ilorin