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This is a list of notable Islamic religious leaders in Nigeria. Sunni. Salafis. Ahmad Abubakar Gumi; Sheikh Adelabu; Ja'afar Mahmud Adam; Isa Ali Pantami;
List of Nigerian Islamic religious leaders This page was last edited on 26 May 2024, at 01:40 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution ...
The post has become increasingly ceremonial since British rule defeated the caliphate and replaced it with the Sokoto Sultanate Council in 1903, but the sultan – considered a spiritual leader in the Muslim community in Nigeria – can still carry much weight with Fulani and Hausa people from northern Nigeria. Sokoto Caliphate in the 19th century
Classification: People: By occupation: Religious workers: Religious leaders: By nationality: Nigerian ... Nigerian Islamic religious leaders (3 C, 3 P) T.
In Hausaland, particularly Kano, Islam is noted to have penetrated the territory in the fourteenth century from West African traders who were the Mande people Muslims from the Senegalese basin and Muslim traders from Mali Empire. Muhammed Rumfa (1463 - 1499) was the first ruler to convert to Islam in Hausaland.
Nigerian Islamic religious leaders (3 C, 3 P) Q. Nigerian Quranist Muslims (3 P) R. Royalty of Borno (1 C, 16 P) S. Nigerian Shia Muslims (1 C, 3 P) Nigerian Sufis (1 ...
In April 2022, he joined about 60 other people, including Jewish and Christian faith leaders, at a climate change protest in Newark. "He was a community advocate who protested against gun violence ...
Usman dan Fodio (1754-1817) – Islamic scholar, revolutionary from Sokoto, founder and spiritual leader of the Sokoto Caliphate. Abdullahi dan Fodio (1766-1829) – Scholar, jurist, pioneer, Grand Vizier of Sokoto and first Emir of Gwandu (r. 1812-1828). Nana Asma'u – Princess, Poet, Islamic Scholar and Daughter of Usman dan Fodio.