JAMIU MUHAMMAD BUSARI (PhD, PGDE, CIBF)

@uniosun.edu.ng

Lecturer and Researcher at the Department of Religion (Islamic Studies Unit), Faculty of Humanities
Osun State University, Nigeria

JAMIU  MUHAMMAD BUSARI (PhD, PGDE, CIBF)

EDUCATION

Diploma, Bachelor of Arts, Master of Arts, Ph.D. (Lagos State University, Lagos, Nigeria)
Post Graduate Diploma in Education (National Open University of Nigeria)

RESEARCH, TEACHING, or OTHER INTERESTS

Religious studies, Multidisciplinary, Arts and Humanities
4

Scopus Publications

88

Scholar Citations

6

Scholar h-index

2

Scholar i10-index

Scopus Publications

  • CHALLENGES OF SHARIA ADJUDICATIONS IN A MULTI-RELIGIOUS SOCIETY: A CASE OF THE INDEPENDENT SHARIA PANELS OF YORUBALAND, SOUTHWEST NIGERIA
    Jamiu Muhammad Busari, Haruna Sanusi Lafiagi
    Australian Journal of Islamic Studies, 2025
    Application of Sharia, the Islamic law in Nigeria, has generated unending debates among various religious adherents in colonial and post-colonial eras. Despite being recognised as a source of law under the Nigerian Constitution, Sharia is partially applied in the northern part of the country, while in the southern region its application has been elusive to date. Consequently, Yoruba Muslims of Southwestern Nigeria have been agitating for the statutory recognition and enforcement of Islamic law but to no avail. In the absence of this, some scholars and legal practitioners for over two decades have used the platform of independent adjudication to settle cases of succession, marriage, divorce and others, aiming at dowsing the tension of protracted lawsuits and non-compliance with the Sharia provisions often witnessed by Muslim litigants; hence, the birth of the Independent Sharia Panels (ISPs). These non-conventional courts of law are found in Lagos, Oyo and Osun States. This paper analytically examines the challenges of Sharia application in Yorubaland, reviews the institutionalisation of ISPs in the absence of statutory Sharia courts and enumerates the challenges facing adjudication of Islamic law by these independent juries. It is suggested that, to enthrone peace and justice as enshrined in Islam and the Nigerian Constitution, Muslims in the southwestern states of Nigeria should intensify issue-based and non-violent agitations for the statutory recognition and application of Sharia in the region while ISP juries must standardise all processes of Sharia adjudication as obtainable in regions where Islamic law application reigns supreme.
  • Halal Opportunities for Women Financial Inclusion in the Blue Economy for Halal Sustainability
    Wasilat Fayokemi Adigun, Jamiu Muhammad Busari
    Green and Blue Economy Frameworks for Halal Industry Sustainability, 2025
  • Interfaith Inheritance Conflicts in Southwest Nigeria: An Exploratory Study of Muslim Organisations’ Roles and Strategies of Sharī‘ah Application and Inclusivity
    Manchester Journal of Transnational Islamic Law and Practice, 2025
  • Shari‘a as customary law? An analytical assessment from the nigerian constitution and judicial precedents
    Ahkam Jurnal Ilmu Syariah, 2021

RECENT SCHOLAR PUBLICATIONS

  • Interfaith Inheritance Conflicts in Southwest Nigeria: An Exploratory Study of Muslim Organisations' Roles and Strategies of Sharï'ah Application and Inclusivity.
    MK Abdulsalam, JM Busari
    Manchester Journal of Transnational Islamic Law & Practice 21 (4) , 2025
    2025
    Citations: 1
  • Of the Golden Pen of an Islamicist and Academic: An Insight into the Literary Works of Lateef Mobolaji Adetona 1967-2018
    SU Busari Jamiu
    LASU Journal of Humanities https://lasujoh.org.ng/publications/articles/2025 … , 2025
    2025
  • Challenges of Sharia Adjudications in a multi-religious society: A case of the Independent Sharia Panels of Yorubaland, Southwest Nigeria
    JM Busari, HS Lafiagi
    Australian Journal of Islamic Studies 10 (1), 66-104 , 2025
    2025
    Citations: 1
  • Halal Opportunities for Women Financial Inclusion in the Blue Economy for Halal Sustainability
    WF Adigun, JM Busari
    Green and Blue Economy Frameworks for Halal Industry Sustainability, 47-72 , 2025
    2025
    Citations: 6
  • Effect of teachers’ variables on students’ academic achievement in entrepreneurship education in technical and vocational colleges in Lagos State, Nigeria
    OA Onikoyi, OP Akinnubi, Y Suleiman, JM Busari, MA Adeoye
    Humanika: Kajian Ilmiah Mata Kuliah Umum 25 (1), 1-10 , 2025
    2025
  • Ḥalal Opportunities for Women Financial Inclusion in the Blue Economy for Ḥalal Sustainability
    WF Adigun, BJ Muhammad
    Green and Blue Economy Frameworks for Halal Industry Sustainability, ISBN … , 2025
    2025
  • An Expository Study of Angels in Islam and the Perception of Muslims on the Syncretic and Heretical Beliefs in Rūḥ al-Quds (Holy Spirit)
    J Busari, T Adeoye
    Lagos Journal of Arabic and Islamic Studies (LAJAIS) 1 (1), 155-178 , 2025
    2025
  • Challenges of Teaching, Learning and Application of Al-Farā’iḍ in Lagos and Oyo States, Nigeria: An Exposition
    J Busari, T Adeoye, M Abdulsalam
    Lagos Journal of Arabic and Islamic Studies (LAJAIS) 1 (1), 1-27 , 2025
    2025
  • Challenges of Al-Farā’iḍ Application in a Multi-Religious Society: The Case of Yoruba Muslims of Lagos and Oyo States, Southwestern Nigeria
    JM Busari, SA Ashafa, SA Busari
    Jurnal Syariah 32 (1), 158-199 , 2024
    2024
    Citations: 3
  • Typologies and Development of Islamic Societies in Nigeria: A Content Review of Ishaq Oloyede’s “Islam in Nigeria: A Century of National Islamic Societies
    JMBA W.F
    Islamics, Scholarship and Service to Humanity: A Festschrift for Is-haq … , 2024
    2024
  • E-COMMERCE IN SOUTHWEST NIGERIA: AN ASSESSMENT OF THE MĀLIKI COMMERCIAL LAW
    AO Rasheed, BJ Muhammad, MJI Aladire
    Nigerian Journal of the Humanities 143, 160 , 2024
    2024
  • Teacher Component and Parental Participation Impacts on Senior Secondary School Students’ Academic Outcome in Ifo Local Government Area of Ogun State, Nigeria
    JMB others
    Babcock University Journal of Education (BUJED) 10 (1), 120-131 , 2024
    2024
    Citations: 1
  • Inheritance Adjudications in non- Sharī‘ah Territories: An Assessment of the ’Ijtihād of the Independent Shari‘ah Panels of Lagos and Oyo States, Southwest Nigeria
    BJ Muhammad
    International Journal of Umranic Studies (IJUS) 7 (1), 53-64 , 2024
    2024
  • Challenges of Al-Farā’iḍ Application in a Multi-Religious Society: The Case of Yoruba Muslims of Lagos and Oyo States, Southwest Nigeria
    BJM others
    Jurnal Syariah (Journal of Shari'ah) 32 (No 1), 158-199 , 2024
    2024
  • E-Commerce in Southwest Nigeria: An Assessment of the Māliki Commercial Law
    JM Busari
    Nigerian Journal of Humanities, 29th Edition, pp.143-160. Faculty of Arts … , 2024
    2024
  • Islam in Yorùbáland Southwest Nigeria: A Historical Review of its Advent and Impacts till Present Time
    BJ Muhammad
    Al-Qanatir International Journal of Islamic Studies 33 (1), 41-63 , 2024
    2024
    Citations: 6
  • Appraisal of Religious Studies as Agents of Societal Change in Multireligious Societies: A Case of Islamic Studies in Nigeria
    JMB other
    Journal of Religions and Contemporary Issues (JRCI) 2 (1), 43-73 , 2023
    2023
  • An Analysis of the Yoruba Customary Law of Succession within the Context of Islamic Law of Mīrāth
    BJ Muhammad
    Al-Hadarah: LASU Journal of Arabic and Islamic Studies 10 (1), 51-72 , 2023
    2023
  • NIGERIAN MUSLIMS AND THE INTRIGUES OF THE 1999 CONSTITUTION AS AMENDED: AN EXAMINATION OF ITS PRINCIPLES WITHIN THE CONTEXT OF ISLAMIC LAW
    JM Busari, KA Adegoke
    Journal of Islamic Studies and Humanities 8 (1) , 2023
    2023
    Citations: 2
  • Notes on Islamic Studies for JUPEB and PDS Students in Nigeria
    BJ Muhammad
    Abu Aisha Publishing Company , 2023
    2023

MOST CITED SCHOLAR PUBLICATIONS

  • Problems and prospects of teaching and learning Islamic studies in primary and post-primary schools in Nigeria: An overview
    BJ Muhammad
    International Journal of Scientific and Research Publications (IJSRP) 8 (3 … , 2018
    2018
    Citations: 24
  • Shari ‘a as Customary Law? An Analytical Assessment from the Nigerian Constitution and Judicial Precedents
    JM Busari
    AHKAM: Jurnal Ilmu Syariah 21 (1) , 2021
    2021
    Citations: 20
  • Al-Farā’id: The Islamic Law of Inheritance:(Introduction and Theories)
    JM Busari
    https://www.researchgate.net/publication/339658877 , 2020
    2020
    Citations: 8
  • Halal Opportunities for Women Financial Inclusion in the Blue Economy for Halal Sustainability
    WF Adigun, JM Busari
    Green and Blue Economy Frameworks for Halal Industry Sustainability, 47-72 , 2025
    2025
    Citations: 6
  • Islam in Yorùbáland Southwest Nigeria: A Historical Review of its Advent and Impacts till Present Time
    BJ Muhammad
    Al-Qanatir International Journal of Islamic Studies 33 (1), 41-63 , 2024
    2024
    Citations: 6
  • Al-waṣiyyah (Bequest) according to the Four Sūnni Schools: A Concise Analysis.
    JM Busari
    IOSR Journal of Humanities and Social Science 23, 52-61 , 2018
    2018
    Citations: 6
  • Trend of Students’ Academic Performances In Islamic Religious Studies in Selected Senior Secondary Schools in Ogun Water-Side Local Government Area of Ogun State
    JM Busari
    Nigeria” Unpublished PGDE Dissertation, National Open University of Nigeria … , 2016
    2016
    Citations: 5
  • Effects and Challenges of Using Instructional and Multimedia Materials in Teaching Islamic Studies in Nigerian Schools: An Analysis.
    BJ Muhammad
    Journal on School Educational Technology 13 (3), 9-18 , 2018
    2018
    Citations: 4
  • Challenges of Al-Farā’iḍ Application in a Multi-Religious Society: The Case of Yoruba Muslims of Lagos and Oyo States, Southwestern Nigeria
    JM Busari, SA Ashafa, SA Busari
    Jurnal Syariah 32 (1), 158-199 , 2024
    2024
    Citations: 3
  • NIGERIAN MUSLIMS AND THE INTRIGUES OF THE 1999 CONSTITUTION AS AMENDED: AN EXAMINATION OF ITS PRINCIPLES WITHIN THE CONTEXT OF ISLAMIC LAW
    JM Busari, KA Adegoke
    Journal of Islamic Studies and Humanities 8 (1) , 2023
    2023
    Citations: 2
  • Interfaith Inheritance Conflicts in Southwest Nigeria: An Exploratory Study of Muslim Organisations' Roles and Strategies of Sharï'ah Application and Inclusivity.
    MK Abdulsalam, JM Busari
    Manchester Journal of Transnational Islamic Law & Practice 21 (4) , 2025
    2025
    Citations: 1
  • Challenges of Sharia Adjudications in a multi-religious society: A case of the Independent Sharia Panels of Yorubaland, Southwest Nigeria
    JM Busari, HS Lafiagi
    Australian Journal of Islamic Studies 10 (1), 66-104 , 2025
    2025
    Citations: 1
  • Teacher Component and Parental Participation Impacts on Senior Secondary School Students’ Academic Outcome in Ifo Local Government Area of Ogun State, Nigeria
    JMB others
    Babcock University Journal of Education (BUJED) 10 (1), 120-131 , 2024
    2024
    Citations: 1
  • Trend of Students' Academic Performance in Islamic Religious Studies in Ogun Waterside Local Government Area of Ogun State, Nigeria.
    JM Busari
    International Journal of Recent Research in Social Sciences and Humanities … , 2018
    2018
    Citations: 1
  • Of the Golden Pen of an Islamicist and Academic: An Insight into the Literary Works of Lateef Mobolaji Adetona 1967-2018
    SU Busari Jamiu
    LASU Journal of Humanities https://lasujoh.org.ng/publications/articles/2025 … , 2025
    2025
  • Effect of teachers’ variables on students’ academic achievement in entrepreneurship education in technical and vocational colleges in Lagos State, Nigeria
    OA Onikoyi, OP Akinnubi, Y Suleiman, JM Busari, MA Adeoye
    Humanika: Kajian Ilmiah Mata Kuliah Umum 25 (1), 1-10 , 2025
    2025
  • Ḥalal Opportunities for Women Financial Inclusion in the Blue Economy for Ḥalal Sustainability
    WF Adigun, BJ Muhammad
    Green and Blue Economy Frameworks for Halal Industry Sustainability, ISBN … , 2025
    2025
  • An Expository Study of Angels in Islam and the Perception of Muslims on the Syncretic and Heretical Beliefs in Rūḥ al-Quds (Holy Spirit)
    J Busari, T Adeoye
    Lagos Journal of Arabic and Islamic Studies (LAJAIS) 1 (1), 155-178 , 2025
    2025
  • Challenges of Teaching, Learning and Application of Al-Farā’iḍ in Lagos and Oyo States, Nigeria: An Exposition
    J Busari, T Adeoye, M Abdulsalam
    Lagos Journal of Arabic and Islamic Studies (LAJAIS) 1 (1), 1-27 , 2025
    2025
  • Typologies and Development of Islamic Societies in Nigeria: A Content Review of Ishaq Oloyede’s “Islam in Nigeria: A Century of National Islamic Societies
    JMBA W.F
    Islamics, Scholarship and Service to Humanity: A Festschrift for Is-haq … , 2024
    2024

Publications

Nigerian Muslims and the Intrigues of 1999 Constitution as Amended: An Examination of its Principles within the Context of Islamic Law