AN APPRAISAL OF COMPARATIVEDA’WAHIN A PLURALISTICLAGOS SOCIETY
Comparableda'wahinmanysocietiesnowadays,LagosStatenotanexception,hasbeenfacingsomechallengesfrombothMuslimandnon-Muslimscholars.Theirclaimsamongothersare:ProphetMuhammaddidnotpreachwiththeBible.ProphetMuhammaddidn'tcondemnanyProphetasmanycomparatorsdo,etc.However,thispaperappraisescomparat...
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| Format: | Print Article |
| Language: | English |
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| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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2021
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Religions' educator
Year: 2021, Volume: 20, Issue: 1, Pages: 107-118 |
| Further subjects: | B
Islam
B Media B Peace B Da’wah B Ideologues B Comparative |
| Summary: | Comparableda'wahinmanysocietiesnowadays,LagosStatenotanexception,hasbeenfacingsomechallengesfrombothMuslimandnon-Muslimscholars.Theirclaimsamongothersare:ProphetMuhammaddidnotpreachwiththeBible.ProphetMuhammaddidn'tcondemnanyProphetasmanycomparatorsdo,etc.However,thispaperappraisescomparativeda’wah(proselytisation)inapluralisticsocietylikeLagosstate,Nigeria,withafocusonMuslimideologues’activities.Thepapersubmitsthatcomparativeda'wahisverymuchneededinanelitistsocietylikeLagosState,inorderforpeopletoknowIslamfromascholarlyandlogicalperspective.Thepaperisqualitative,libraryandfieldresearchbased.Thesignificanceofthepapercentresontheeffectsofcomparativeda’wahonIslam,Muslims,non-Muslimsandscholars’positions,whicharefoundedonthebasisofprobingintodoctrinalandideologicalcommonalities,differencesandareasofconfliction.Thestudyrevealsthatdespitethechallengesandhindrancessurroundingcomparativeda’wah,theemergenceofmoreideologuescannotbeoverlookedconsideringsomeoftheyieldedpositiveeffectsofcomparativeda’wah,suchashavingabetterunderstandingofthereligionsinquestion.Thepaperconcludesthatanacademicapproachof‘objectivity’shouldbeincludedintheprinciplesandmethodologiesofcomparativeda’wahinordertoachieveapeacefulco-existence,particularlyinamultireligiousandpluralistic society like Lagos State, Nigeria. |
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| ISSN: | 1115-5035 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: National Association for the Study of Religions and Education, Religions' educator
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