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The Nigeria-born Muslim scholar Sheikh Dr. Abu-Abdullah Abdul-Fattah Adelabu has argued that Islam had reached Sub-Sahara Africa, including Nigeria, as early as the 1st century of Hijrah through Muslim traders and expeditions during the reign of the Arab conqueror, Uqba ibn al Nafia (622–683), whose Islamic conquests under the Umayyad dynasty ...
Many Sunni Muslims are members of Sufi brotherhoods. Most Sufis follow the Kadiriyya, Tijaniyya or Mouride movements. Nigerian Islam has become heterogenous with the springing up of many Islamic sects. Notable examples are the Izala movement, [43] [44] the Shia movement, and many local Islamic sects that have limited expansion.
Nigerian Sunni Muslims (4 C, 15 P) Pages in category "Nigerian Muslims" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 400 total.
Like the vast majority (90%) of Muslims in the world, most Muslims in Africa are also Sunni Muslims; [2] the complexity of Islam in Africa is revealed in the various schools of thought, traditions, and voices in many African countries. Many African ethnicities, mostly in the northern half of the continent, consider Islam as their traditional ...
Toggle Sunni subsection. 1.1 Salafis. 1.2 Sufist. 2 Shi ... This is a list of notable Islamic religious leaders in Nigeria. Sunni. Salafis. Ahmad Abubakar Gumi ...
The sultan of Sokoto is the hereditary leader of the Sokoto Caliphate, a Sunni Muslim community in West Africa. The position may also be referred to as the 'Sokoto Caliph' or the "Commander of the Faithful" (Amir-ul-Momineen in Arabic or Lamido Julbe in Fulani). The current holder of this title, since 2006, is Sa'adu Abubakar.
South Asia has the largest population of Muslims in the world, with about one-third of all Muslims being from South Asia. [22] [23] [24] Islam is the dominant religion in the Maldives, Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Bangladesh. India is the country with the largest Muslim population outside Muslim-majority countries with more than 200 million ...
Nigerian Sunni religious leaders (5 P) S. Nigerian Salafis (1 C, 5 P) Pages in category "Nigerian Sunni Muslims" The following 15 pages are in this category, out of ...