The Sultanate Council, in collaboration with the National Council of Muslim Youths Organisation (NACOMYO), organised a week-long public lectures, quiz competition, among others, in memory of the founder of the Sokoto Caliphate, Usmanu Dan Fodiyo.
The lectures were delivered by Islamic scholars from different parts of the country.
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The scholars included a former Vice Chancellor (VC) of Al-Hikmah University, Ilorin, Professor Mohammad Taofeek Ibrahim; Professor S. O. Rabi’u of the Faculty of Law, Usmanu Danfodiyo University, Sokoto; and Dr Salisu Bakori of the Centre for Islamic Propagation, Katsina State.
Delivering a lecture on “The Impact of Jihad of Sheikh Danfodiyo on the Spread and Practice of Islam in South Western Nigeria” on Sunday, Professor Rabi’u said that the Sokoto Caliphate had tremendous impact in the spread of Islam in Yorubaland.
He said, “In fact, Sokoto jihadists worked seriously to the extent that most of the Yoruba leaders and obas embraced Islam, which eventually attracted many of their followers.
“There is no any Yoruba state that practices Islam without trace to the Sokoto jihadists.”
In his paper presentation titled: “Da’awah to Non-Muslim: the Sokoto Jihad Leaders’ Legacy”, a former National Amir of the Muslim Students Society of Nigeria (MSSN), Shehu Abubakar, urged Muslims to be honest and truthful in all their dealings and practices.
He also urged them to continue to extend kind gestures to non-Muslims.
