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Although the majority of the Nigerian Muslim population is Sunni, there is a small Shia minority, particularly in the northern states of Kano and Sokoto. [1] [2] [3] However, there are no actual statistics that reflect a Shia population in Nigeria, [4] and a figure of even 5% of the total Nigerian Muslim population is thought to be too high “because of the routine conflation of Shi’a with ...
Syed Ali Nasir Saeed Abaqati popularly known as Agha Roohi is a Shia scholar from Lucknow, India and comes from the family of Syed Mir Hamid Hussain Musavi whose book `Abaqat al'anwar fi imamat al 'A'immat al'athar is popular among Twelver Shi'a scholars worldwide, and quoted even today.
[45] [46] Shia Muslims make up between two and four million of Nigeria's population. [47] [48] Ibrahim Zakzaky introduced many Nigerians to Shia Islam. The headquarter of Shia is Zaria where the leader lives with his family. [49] The Shia Islamic Movement of Nigeria (IMN) was banned in Nigeria in 2019. [50]
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Sultanul Madaris is the second Shia religious school in Lucknow. ... Lucknow University., [4] was professor and chairman of Urdu Department at Lucknow University, [5]
Muslims in Nigeria are predominantly Sunnis of the Maliki school of thought. However, there is a significant Shia minority, primarily in Kaduna, Kano, Katsina, Osun, Kwara, Yobe and Sokoto states (see Shia in Nigeria). In particular, A 2008 Pew Forum survey on religious diversity identified 5% of Nigerian Muslims as Shia. [5]
Shia Islam in Nigeria; Z. 2015 Zaria massacre This page was last edited on 5 September 2021, at 12:17 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons ...
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