AbdulGafar Olawale Fahm
@unilorin.edu.ng
Senior Lecturer and Religions/Arts
RESEARCH, TEACHING, or OTHER INTERESTS
Arts and Humanities, Religious studies
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Lydia Bosede Akande, Olatunde Oyewole Ogunbiyi, and AbdulGafar Olawale Fahm
Brill
Abstract This study explores interreligious interactions in Ilorin, Nigeria, with a focus on Sobi Hill. Employing a phenomenological approach, it examines how different religious groups interpret and engage with this symbol of unity. Through historical analysis, site visits, observations, questionnaires, and interviews, the research identifies three key factors that contributes to peaceful coexistence: influential figures, evolving generational attitudes, and Sobi Hill’s religious significance. The study concludes that Ilorin’s harmonious coexistence is epitomized by Sobi Hill, where residents from various faiths gather for joint celebrations that emphasize the city’s commitment to unity.
AbdulGafar O. Fahm and Aisha U. Muhammad
Brill
Abstract The authors examine how Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s novel Purple Hibiscus portrays the conflicts between Igbo indigenous culture, Roman Catholic missionary culture, and inculturated Catholicism, and how these conflicts lead to religious fanaticism. This article focuses on the characters’ interactions with their respective cultures and religions, and juxtaposes the extreme devotion of Eugene Achike’s abusive Catholicism with the flexible understanding of the oneness of God in Papa Nnukwu’s traditional religious practices. The authors underscore the value of cultural diversity and the importance of tolerance and understanding while cautioning against the dangers of strict adherence to religious dogma.
Aroua Robbana, Abdessamad Raghibi, and AbdulGafar Olawale Fahm
Springer Science and Business Media LLC
AbdulGafar Olawale Fahm, Adesina Lukuman Azeez, Yusuf Olayinka Imam-Fulani, Omenogo Veronica Mejabi, Nasir Faruk, Musbau Dogo Abdulrahaman, Lukman Abiodun Olawoyin, Abdulkarim Ayopo Oloyede, and Nazmat Toyin Surajudeen-Bakinde
Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Mumini O. Rauf and AbdulGafar Olawale Fahm
Universitas Islam Indonesia (Islamic University of Indonesia)
This paper examines the level of religious encounters among people of diverse faiths in Osogbo. It addresses the open exchange and interrelationship of adherents of different faiths within the city as well as the level of misunderstanding that exists from a Muslim perspective. The study is historical and descriptive. It is historical in the sense that it assesses newspaper reports, oral interviews, and court records while a descriptive approach was used in analyzing all the issues related to concepts and ideas of religious encounters. It reveals that the actions and inactions of people of other faiths in Osogbo are threats to social cohesion in the community. The study shows areas of conflict with the Muslims in Osogbo despite the open relationship among people of diverse faiths. The paper, therefore, recommends that for a good relationship to be sustained in Osogbo, there is a need for adherents of the three religions to keep off confrontational approaches and embrace dialogue and mutual understanding to promote peaceful co-existence within the community.
AbdulGafar Olawale Fahm
Springer Nature Singapore
Oyeronke Olademo, R.W. Omotoye, S.O. Ikibe, L.O. Ibraheem, Y.O. Tijani, S.O. Abubakre, A.A. Adebisi, A.J. Aboyeji, A.O. Fahm, and R.A. Adimula
Elsevier BV
M.D. Abdulrahaman, N. Faruk, A.A. Oloyede, N.T. Surajudeen-Bakinde, L.A. Olawoyin, O.V. Mejabi, Y.O. Imam-Fulani, A.O. Fahm, and A.L. Azeez
Elsevier BV
Abdulwahab Qudus and AbdulGafar Olawale Fahm
IGI Global
One of the most direct methods of exposing corruption in corporate or public institutions is whistleblowing. Quite a number of countries, including Nigeria, have introduced a whistleblowing policy. Among its provisions is to deter corrupt behaviours and guide formal investigations into them. However, Nigeria still lags far behind in this respect, perhaps out of structural inertia in dealing with corruption cases. In this article, the author argues that Nigeria can benefit from the institutional, educational and spiritual framework embedded in whistleblowing in Islam through ‘amr bi-l-ma'rūf wa-naḥy ‘an al-munkar i.e., enjoining good and forbidding wrong. The article, through historical and descriptive approaches, explains the policy of whistleblowing from the Islamic perspective, hence, clarifying some Muslims misconceptions. This study, therefore, presents Islamic principles on the whistleblowing policy and explains some pivotal approaches to addressing whistleblowing policy in Nigeria.
AbdulGafar Olawale Fahm, Kazeem Kayode Bakare, and Kamaldeen Korede Oladosu
IGI Global
The sample is comprised of principals, vice-principals, headmasters, and teachers as educational leaders in primary and secondary schools in Nigeria. The study adopted quantitative research design of the survey type to determine education leaders' perceptions on the adoption of information and communication technology. The quantitative approach in this study involves the use of research instruments consisting of closed-ended, on-line, and paper-based questionnaires (single version sent to multiple respondents). The study found out that education leaders have low perception on the adoption of information and communication technology for dissemination of information, utilization of virtual learning environments among teachers. The study also found out that lack of awareness on e-learning software and inadequate use of internet-enabled technologies or applications were highlighted as challenges in adoption of ICTs for development in Nigeria. The study recommended that educational leaders should make ICT adoption needs known to appropriate authorities.
AbdulGafar Olawale Fahm
Elsevier BV
Abdulgafar Olawale Fahm
Informa UK Limited
ABSTRACT The constant reference to beauty ideals in all facets of contemporary culture, including work, sex, and religion as well as the constant exposure to images of “beautiful” women, which are ubiquitous in the mass media as the ideal, make a search for a categorical view a necessity. Through qualitative research approach, in which critical, content, and discourse analysis were applied on classical, as well as relevant contemporary materials on beauty, this study contributes an Islamic perspective to the discourse, and hinges its discussions on the primary sources in Islam (Qur’an and Hadith). The paper examines what the Qur’an and Hadith view as beauty and physical attractiveness. It was discovered that in Islam, beauty has five primary emphases: virtue, divine, nature, order, and proportion.
AbdulGafar Olawale Fahm
IGI Global
The chapter considers the views of Islam, consumer, and consumption researchers on the compatibility and incompatibility of Islam with sustainable consumption. To this end, the author examine the consumers' motivations for consumption and critically evaluate their parallels within Islamic norms. Then, the notions of Islam and consumption are analyzed and evaluated in depth. The study also attempts to show the Muslims' perception of consumption and motivation. The findings suggest that Muslim consumers in Nigeria are motivated to practice sustainable consumption and are driven primarily by their Islamic understandings. This study, therefore, recommends the concept of moderation as a major Islamic motivation to consumption sustainability and if put in place could result in a compatible motivation to sustainable consumption.
AbdulGafar Olawale Fahm
Informa UK Limited
ABSTRACT This paper draws on the understanding that Islam as a religion can significantly contribute in the area of disaster management. It examines the way disaster is portrayed within the broader scope of Islamic literature, but with the specific aim of contextualizing it within contemporary approach to disaster management. Through exegetical, historical and descriptive approaches, it is demonstrated that psycho-socio-spiritual interventions such as tawakkul (trust in God), shukr (gratitude), sabr (patience) are attributes that can help foster and promote individual and communal resilience in order to mitigate disasters. Therefore, in the face of a disaster, an individual or community can obtain vital spiritual support from their beliefs and can also have access to and rely on important support and resources that are generated or mobilized by their belief-based framework.
AbdulGafar Olawale Fahm
SAGE Publications
Yoruba festivals are numerous and multifarious. For this reason, some are of the view that the Yorubas are deeply spiritual. In addition to the generally celebrated festivals among the Yorubas, each Yoruba tribe has its own festivals. A series of these festivals called the Ojude Oba festival is celebrated by the Ijebus who are renowned for both their enterprise and affluence. This article examines the cultural and spiritual significance of the Ojude Oba festival. It analyzes the early beginnings of the festival while providing insights into the epoch of the Ijebus. The festival constitutes a major commercial activity that brings about economic integration and development of the Ijebu community. This article argues that the Ojude Oba festival should not be seen simply for its entertainment value, but as a manifestation of Yoruba cultural, socio-economic, and spiritual values.