Murtala Ibrahim
Biographic Data
| ID | 3612092 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Murtala Ibrahim |
| GIVEN NAMES | Murtala |
| FAMILY NAME | Ibrahim |
| SIGNATURE | IBRAHIM M |
| AFFILIATIONS | Utrecht University |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-9575-2392 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 9 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 5 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 9 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Illumination
Hemato-Politics
Islam in the digital infrastructure
This contribution investigates how people in Northern Nigeria appropriated and converted digital technology into the Islamic infrastructure. Using ethnographic and netnographic methods, I examine three 'infrastructural outcomes' or 'infrastructural components' of Salafi digital practices: the cyber imam figure; new notions of Islamic community (cyber ummah); and the notion of algorithmic religiosity. I propose the term 'cyber imams' to describe a…
The people with iron skin
This article explores the use of protective charms among the Vigilante Group of Nigeria (VGN) in the megacity of Lagos. The use of charms, which vigilantes refer to as African traditional security methods , involves the deployment of amulets to protect the human body from bullets ( Ayeta ) and sharp forces ( Okigbe ) as well as for use in territorial fortification, crime investigations, interrogation, and punishment. Informed by the new materiali…
Pentecostalism and media in Africa
This survey paper interrogates four theoretical frameworks often invoked to analyze intersections between media and religion: mediatization, mediation of meaning, mediation of the beyond, and religious social shaping of technology. The paper surveys several research works informed by the aforementioned theories that study Pentecostals' engagement with different forms of media in Africa. This paper suggests that these theories need to be revised t…
Curtailed Worship, Conspiracy Theories, and Hollywood Dystopias
COVID-19 has affected all spheres of human activities, including religion, in Nigeria. Due to its devastating effect, the state was compelled to introduce precautionary and preventive measures to reduce its spread in the country, including lockdown, ban on gatherings, and social distancing. This extraordinary situation caused different reactions among Muslim and Christian religious leaders, with some accepting COVID-19 and the restrictions and ot…
The clash of sound, image and light
This article explores recent inter- and intra-religious entanglements and contestations between Sufi Muslims, members of the Izala and Christianity, which have emerged as a result of a new way of celebrating Mawlūd in the Nigerian city of Jos. Through the adept use of loudspeakers, Izala projects a sense of dominance over the public sphere of the city and uses this as a platform to critique the Sufis. In part as a response, and as a counter-criti…
The Sites of Divine Encounter
Being in the church environment, I don't feel like going home. I feel that the church environment is my real home. If your eye is open to spiritual things, you will not want to go home. You will want to stay in the church because the Bible says the church is the pillar of truth. So you will want to protect and guard yourself because outside the church is darkness and church is the light. Church is the center of my religious life, it is where I pr…
Oral Transmission of the Sacred
This article1 compares and contrasts the practices of preaching between Christ Embassy and nasfat in the city of Abuja. The preaching of the two groups responds to the social situation of Abuja, which includes hard economic conditions and religious pluralism. The article analyses the preaching styles in Christ Embassy and nasfat within the framework of performance theory. It argues that preaching is an important instrument for empowering urban re…
Islam in the digital infrastructure
This contribution investigates how people in Northern Nigeria appropriated and converted digital technology into the Islamic infrastructure. Using ethnographic and netnographic methods, I examine three 'infrastructural outcomes' or 'infrastructural components' of Salafi digital practices: the cyber imam figure; new notions of Islamic community (cyber ummah); and the notion of algorithmic religiosity. I propose the term 'cyber imams' to describe a…
The clash of sound, image and light
This article explores recent inter- and intra-religious entanglements and contestations between Sufi Muslims, members of the Izala and Christianity, which have emerged as a result of a new way of celebrating Mawlūd in the Nigerian city of Jos. Through the adept use of loudspeakers, Izala projects a sense of dominance over the public sphere of the city and uses this as a platform to critique the Sufis. In part as a response, and as a counter-criti…
Oral Transmission of the Sacred
This article1 compares and contrasts the practices of preaching between Christ Embassy and nasfat in the city of Abuja. The preaching of the two groups responds to the social situation of Abuja, which includes hard economic conditions and religious pluralism. The article analyses the preaching styles in Christ Embassy and nasfat within the framework of performance theory. It argues that preaching is an important instrument for empowering urban re…
Oral Transmission of the Sacred
This article1 compares and contrasts the practices of preaching between Christ Embassy and nasfat in the city of Abuja. The preaching of the two groups responds to the social situation of Abuja, which includes hard economic conditions and religious pluralism. The article analyses the preaching styles in Christ Embassy and nasfat within the framework of performance theory. It argues that preaching is an important instrument for empowering urban re…
The Sites of Divine Encounter
Being in the church environment, I don't feel like going home. I feel that the church environment is my real home. If your eye is open to spiritual things, you will not want to go home. You will want to stay in the church because the Bible says the church is the pillar of truth. So you will want to protect and guard yourself because outside the church is darkness and church is the light. Church is the center of my religious life, it is where I pr…
Curtailed Worship, Conspiracy Theories, and Hollywood Dystopias
COVID-19 has affected all spheres of human activities, including religion, in Nigeria. Due to its devastating effect, the state was compelled to introduce precautionary and preventive measures to reduce its spread in the country, including lockdown, ban on gatherings, and social distancing. This extraordinary situation caused different reactions among Muslim and Christian religious leaders, with some accepting COVID-19 and the restrictions and ot…
The clash of sound, image and light
This article explores recent inter- and intra-religious entanglements and contestations between Sufi Muslims, members of the Izala and Christianity, which have emerged as a result of a new way of celebrating Mawlūd in the Nigerian city of Jos. Through the adept use of loudspeakers, Izala projects a sense of dominance over the public sphere of the city and uses this as a platform to critique the Sufis. In part as a response, and as a counter-criti…
The people with iron skin
This article explores the use of protective charms among the Vigilante Group of Nigeria (VGN) in the megacity of Lagos. The use of charms, which vigilantes refer to as African traditional security methods , involves the deployment of amulets to protect the human body from bullets ( Ayeta ) and sharp forces ( Okigbe ) as well as for use in territorial fortification, crime investigations, interrogation, and punishment. Informed by the new materiali…
Pentecostalism and media in Africa
This survey paper interrogates four theoretical frameworks often invoked to analyze intersections between media and religion: mediatization, mediation of meaning, mediation of the beyond, and religious social shaping of technology. The paper surveys several research works informed by the aforementioned theories that study Pentecostals' engagement with different forms of media in Africa. This paper suggests that these theories need to be revised t…
Islam in the digital infrastructure
This contribution investigates how people in Northern Nigeria appropriated and converted digital technology into the Islamic infrastructure. Using ethnographic and netnographic methods, I examine three 'infrastructural outcomes' or 'infrastructural components' of Salafi digital practices: the cyber imam figure; new notions of Islamic community (cyber ummah); and the notion of algorithmic religiosity. I propose the term 'cyber imams' to describe a…
Illumination
Hemato-Politics
Sociology (6 works) · Islam (5 works) · Law (5 works) · Political science (5 works) · Law (4 works) · Archaeology (3 works) · Computer Science (3 works) · History (3 works) · History (3 works) · Media, Religion, Digital Communication (3 works)