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Islamic philosophical productivity (IPP) & the cases of blasphemy-related mob justice in Nigeria
(International Open University (IOU), 2024) Durojaye, Dh.
An Islamic diagnosis of cases of blasphemy-related mob justice in Nigeria between 1999 and 2022
(International Open University (IOU), 2024) Durojaye, Dh.
Blasphemy-related mob justice is an infamous crime in Nigeria --though not peculiar to it-- that has claimed many lives illegally with huge accompanying economic loss and damages. Outside varying negative social consequences of this menace, its attempt to imprint a barbaric outlook on the unmatchable civilization of Islam and its decorous values in social interactions and justice administration is particularly perturbing. Between 1999 and 2022, at least nineteen (19) cases of blasphemy-related mob justice have been unofficially recorded. This paper aims to employ an Islamically oriented tool, the Islamic Evaluation Scale (IES), to holistically diagnose the problem and identify the underlying edu-philosophical factors propelling the crime. The result of the study establishes deficient Islamic Philosophical Productivity (IPP) as the primal aggregate factor that reflects in other detailed underlying five (5) factors. The findings are, thus, expected to contribute to the development of in-depth and effective sharī’ah-compliant interventions to address the crime.
Introducing the Islamic Crime Prevention Framework (ICPF): a theoretical study
(UMYUK, 2024) Durojaye, Dh.
Crime, in every human society, is an unavoidable societal phenomenon that necessitates efficient crime prevention interventions based on different considerations, needs and acceptable frameworks. Islamically, any proposed interventions to curb crimes must align with the embedded sociological values and civilization in the Qur'an and the Sunnah. This theoretical study conceptualizes a shari'ah-compliant framework tagged the Islamic Crime Prevention Framework (ICPF) using the classical research method at-tatabbu'wa al-istiqrā, a research equivalent to grounded theory. The ICPF is a soft-hard model that employs the non-punitive and punitive measures to curb noticeable crimes. This paper, being theoretical and introductory, represents a basis to spark scholarly discussions within the relevant research community. Similarly, the model is theoretically positioned as a valuable tool to curbing crimes at the pre-committal and post-committal stages at all levels of a Muslim social setting.
Women’s Empowerment- An Islamic Perspective
(International Open University (IOU), 2021) Salama, M. A. R.; Abdel-Tawab K.
Women's empowerment has become one of the central themes in the ongoing debate between Islam and secularism regarding women's role and status in society. Liberal Islamists embrace women's empowerment and promote it in Muslim societies without a thorough assessment from an Islamic perspective. Women's empowerment has not received a sufficient response from the Islamic scholarship. This work attempts to lay down the foundations for addressing the current gap in that response. Toward that end, this work employs a qualitative approach. It utilizes secondary sources of information to analyze women's empowerment and critique the main approaches employed to promote it in Muslim societies. This work then provides an Islamic assessment of women's empowerment and concludes with recommendations for further work.
Implementation Of Prophetic Motivational Strategies On Online Students
(International Open University (IOU), 2022) Kotekar F.; Salama, M. A. R.
Modernization and globalization have caused a paradigm shift in student education from a face-to-face traditional classroom setting to an online environment. Instructors are increasingly adopting motivational strategies suitable for online studies. Motivation is the key element in keeping students focused and to prevent them from dropping out of online studies. The present study is aimed at exploring pedagogical motivational strategies utilized by Prophet Muḥammad (ﷺ) on his companions from authentic Ḥadīth and implementing the extracted motivational strategies on online students. The motivation of students must be kept high in order to keep pace with development, to counter its gradual decrease over a period of time. A conceptual framework for the motivation of students is formulated by tailoring Western theories in compliance with motivational strategies implemented by Prophet Muḥammad (ﷺ). Overall, this study encourages online instructors to implement Prophetic motivational strategies on students.