Saheed Ahmad Rufai
Biographic Data
| ID | 2853422 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Saheed Ahmad Rufai |
| GIVEN NAMES | Saheed Ahmad |
| FAMILY NAME | Rufai |
| SIGNATURE | RUFAI S A |
| AFFILIATIONS | Yahoo (United Kingdom) |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-0780-9980 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 14 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 8 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 14 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2011 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Islamic Law and Ethics: (By David R. Vishanoff, Ed.)
Continuing engagement with Islamic legal scholarship does not seem to have resulted in satisfactory attention being paid to the interplay of philosophical considerations and theological principles in relation to the ethical component of Islamic Law. This explains why any scholarly and properly guided attempt to extend the frontiers of knowledge on the subject of Islamic Law and Ethics is always welcome. David Vishanoff’s edited volume examines Is…
Unity in Diversity: Mysticism, Messianism, and the Construction of Religious Authority in Islam
Boko Haram and Its Modalities of Recruiting and Radicalizing Members
In the last one decade, the Jama'at Ahl- Al-Sunnah li al-Da'wah wa al-Jihad, popularly known as the Boko Haram Movement, has constituted a source of discomfort to both the leadership and the citize
Iftā’ and Fatwa in the Muslim World and the West / Zulfiqar Ali Shah
Iftā’ and Fatwa in the Muslim World and the West: By Zulfiqar Ali Shah (London: International Institute of Islamic Thought, 2014. 192 pages.)
In his review of Maha Elkaisy-Friemuth’s Gods and Humans in IslamicThought: Abdul-Jabbār, Ibn Sīna and al-Ghazāli (Abingdon: Routledge,2006), Sajjad Rizvi (2008) identifies three paths proposed by three influentialmedieval thinkers as characterizing the interconnected nature of intellectualinquiry in Islam: Abd al-Jabbar (d. 1025), regarded as representing the kalām tradition, Ibn Sina (d. 1037) of the philosophical orientation, and al-Ghazali(d.…
On the Muslim Question
Most studies of the interplay between Islam and the post-9/11 West are easily located within the broad scholarship of political Islam which is rooted in a contemporary Islamic religious resurgence
Crisis and Continuity at the Abbasid Court—Formal and Informal Politics in the Caliphate of al-Muqtadir (295-320/908-32)
A multiplicity of good studies and credible research have been published on the Caliphate in the Medieval period. Yet only few of such works have addressed the specific details of the intrigues, po
The Qur’anic Worldview: A Springboard for Cultural Reform By AbdulHamid AbuSulayman (London: Iiit, 2011. 179 pages.)
The thesis of this sophisticated book is that the rebirth of an Islamic identity can only be realized through a decisive replication of the Muslim community created through strict adherence to and implementation of the Qur’anic worldview. The specific details provided by AbdulHamid AbuSulayman in his attempt to present this thesis as credible and worthy of merit invariably expose the work as one of synthesis and the lifetime project of an intelle…
Health and Ritual in Morocco: Conceptions of the Body and Healing Practices
The Politics of Islamic Leadership and Representation in Nigeria: A Historical Analytical Study on the Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (NSCIA)
Nigeria is a leading African country with a Muslim majority population. Yet Nigerian Muslims, since the spread of Islam to the country in the thirteenth century, had continued to operate in disarray and were never known to have spoken in one voice until the founding of the Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (NSCIA) in 1973. This paper traces the origins of the Nigerian Muslims? quest for a united front and articulates the factors that i…
A Foreign Faith in a Christian Domain: Islam among the Igbos of Southeastern Nigeria
Igboland, which is geographically located in the Southeastern part of Nigeria, was the last part of the country to witness the advent of Islam. This was owing to the fact that the people there are predominantly Christian and adherents of African traditional religions. Notwithstanding, Islam spread to the region in the nineteenth century and has since been earning itself new adherents among the local people. However, there has not been a systemati…
A Companion to Muslim Cultures
The Muslim Minority of Southwestern Nigeria: WESTJOMO and the Challenge of Speaking with One Voice
This paper is aimed at articulating how Muslim minority of Southwestern Nigeria began to feel the need for a united front through which they could claim their rights and protect their interest within the community. The paper also examines the various efforts made in that direction before the emergence of the Western State Joint Muslim Organization (WESTJOMO)—later known as National Joint Muslim Organization (NAJOMO)—which eventually achieved succ…
Da'wah in the Face of Christian Persecution: The Historical Development of the Muslim Students' Society of Nigeria (MSSN)
The purpose of this paper is to articulate the preliminary attitudes of the Nigerian Muslim youths to persecution through education. This research traces the origins of the Muslim Students' Society of Nigeria (MSSN) through which they bailed themselves out of the unpalatable experience. This paper draws a picture of the religious climate of the country during the early days of the emergence of the Society and enumerates the various activities and…
Health and Ritual in Morocco: Conceptions of the Body and Healing Practices
A Foreign Faith in a Christian Domain: Islam among the Igbos of Southeastern Nigeria
Igboland, which is geographically located in the Southeastern part of Nigeria, was the last part of the country to witness the advent of Islam. This was owing to the fact that the people there are predominantly Christian and adherents of African traditional religions. Notwithstanding, Islam spread to the region in the nineteenth century and has since been earning itself new adherents among the local people. However, there has not been a systemati…
Boko Haram and Its Modalities of Recruiting and Radicalizing Members
In the last one decade, the Jama'at Ahl- Al-Sunnah li al-Da'wah wa al-Jihad, popularly known as the Boko Haram Movement, has constituted a source of discomfort to both the leadership and the citize
Crisis and Continuity at the Abbasid Court—Formal and Informal Politics in the Caliphate of al-Muqtadir (295-320/908-32)
A multiplicity of good studies and credible research have been published on the Caliphate in the Medieval period. Yet only few of such works have addressed the specific details of the intrigues, po
The Muslim Minority of Southwestern Nigeria: WESTJOMO and the Challenge of Speaking with One Voice
This paper is aimed at articulating how Muslim minority of Southwestern Nigeria began to feel the need for a united front through which they could claim their rights and protect their interest within the community. The paper also examines the various efforts made in that direction before the emergence of the Western State Joint Muslim Organization (WESTJOMO)—later known as National Joint Muslim Organization (NAJOMO)—which eventually achieved succ…
Da'wah in the Face of Christian Persecution: The Historical Development of the Muslim Students' Society of Nigeria (MSSN)
The purpose of this paper is to articulate the preliminary attitudes of the Nigerian Muslim youths to persecution through education. This research traces the origins of the Muslim Students' Society of Nigeria (MSSN) through which they bailed themselves out of the unpalatable experience. This paper draws a picture of the religious climate of the country during the early days of the emergence of the Society and enumerates the various activities and…
A Foreign Faith in a Christian Domain: Islam among the Igbos of Southeastern Nigeria
Igboland, which is geographically located in the Southeastern part of Nigeria, was the last part of the country to witness the advent of Islam. This was owing to the fact that the people there are predominantly Christian and adherents of African traditional religions. Notwithstanding, Islam spread to the region in the nineteenth century and has since been earning itself new adherents among the local people. However, there has not been a systemati…
A Companion to Muslim Cultures
The Qur’anic Worldview: A Springboard for Cultural Reform By AbdulHamid AbuSulayman (London: Iiit, 2011. 179 pages.)
The thesis of this sophisticated book is that the rebirth of an Islamic identity can only be realized through a decisive replication of the Muslim community created through strict adherence to and implementation of the Qur’anic worldview. The specific details provided by AbdulHamid AbuSulayman in his attempt to present this thesis as credible and worthy of merit invariably expose the work as one of synthesis and the lifetime project of an intelle…
Health and Ritual in Morocco: Conceptions of the Body and Healing Practices
The Politics of Islamic Leadership and Representation in Nigeria: A Historical Analytical Study on the Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (NSCIA)
Nigeria is a leading African country with a Muslim majority population. Yet Nigerian Muslims, since the spread of Islam to the country in the thirteenth century, had continued to operate in disarray and were never known to have spoken in one voice until the founding of the Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (NSCIA) in 1973. This paper traces the origins of the Nigerian Muslims? quest for a united front and articulates the factors that i…
On the Muslim Question
Most studies of the interplay between Islam and the post-9/11 West are easily located within the broad scholarship of political Islam which is rooted in a contemporary Islamic religious resurgence
Crisis and Continuity at the Abbasid Court—Formal and Informal Politics in the Caliphate of al-Muqtadir (295-320/908-32)
A multiplicity of good studies and credible research have been published on the Caliphate in the Medieval period. Yet only few of such works have addressed the specific details of the intrigues, po
Iftā’ and Fatwa in the Muslim World and the West / Zulfiqar Ali Shah
Iftā’ and Fatwa in the Muslim World and the West: By Zulfiqar Ali Shah (London: International Institute of Islamic Thought, 2014. 192 pages.)
In his review of Maha Elkaisy-Friemuth’s Gods and Humans in IslamicThought: Abdul-Jabbār, Ibn Sīna and al-Ghazāli (Abingdon: Routledge,2006), Sajjad Rizvi (2008) identifies three paths proposed by three influentialmedieval thinkers as characterizing the interconnected nature of intellectualinquiry in Islam: Abd al-Jabbar (d. 1025), regarded as representing the kalām tradition, Ibn Sina (d. 1037) of the philosophical orientation, and al-Ghazali(d.…
Boko Haram and Its Modalities of Recruiting and Radicalizing Members
In the last one decade, the Jama'at Ahl- Al-Sunnah li al-Da'wah wa al-Jihad, popularly known as the Boko Haram Movement, has constituted a source of discomfort to both the leadership and the citize
Unity in Diversity: Mysticism, Messianism, and the Construction of Religious Authority in Islam
Islamic Law and Ethics: (By David R. Vishanoff, Ed.)
Continuing engagement with Islamic legal scholarship does not seem to have resulted in satisfactory attention being paid to the interplay of philosophical considerations and theological principles in relation to the ethical component of Islamic Law. This explains why any scholarly and properly guided attempt to extend the frontiers of knowledge on the subject of Islamic Law and Ethics is always welcome. David Vishanoff’s edited volume examines Is…
Political science (12 works) · Sociology (11 works) · Education and Islamic Studies (9 works) · Islamic Studies and History (8 works) · Law (8 works) · Islam (7 works) · Law (6 works) · History (5 works) · Philosophy (5 works) · Islamic Finance and Banking Studies (4 works)