{"product_id":"the-african-caliphate-2-ideals-policies-and-operation-of-the-sokoto-caliphate-9781914397141","title":"The African Caliphate 2: Ideals, Policies and Operation of the Sokoto Caliphate","description":"\u003cp\u003eContinuing the story of the Sokoto caliphate after the death of Shehu Usman, The African Caliphate 2 charts the political and intellectual development of a strong Islamic government covering: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e* Theory of Government\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e* Leaders, laws snd key political institutions\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e* Justice, social morality, public welfare and defence \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e* Principles of statecraft\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e* Place of war in the creation and consolidation of a state\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e* The people, their religious commitment and family obligations\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e* Role of women in the Islamic community\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Sokoto Caliphate of West Africa exemplifies such a state during its development. Emerging from a city-state in the early nineteenth century. By the time the British took over in 1903 it encompassed an area nearly twice the size of the present-day United Kingdom. The author examines the work and lives of Muhammed Bello, the architect of the Caliphate, and other leaders. He judges West Africa's encounters with the West - with Mungo Park, Major Dixon Denham, Commander Hugh Clapperton and Dr. Walter Oudney - and decries the plunder of Africa's human and natural resources.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith the establishment of Nigeria in 1914 and the British withdrawal in 1960, the author looks toward the regeneration of the Islamic state in West Africa.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book is for historians of Africa snd Islam and for those studying the development of government in all its contexts - political, social, intellectual and moral. For African and Black Studies programmes, The Islamic Caliphate 2 is essential.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e14.8 x 21 cm. 230 pages\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMalam Ibraheem Sulaiman\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe author is a research fellow with the Centre for Islamic Legal Studies, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Nigeria\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSulaiman, Ibraheem:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - The author teaches law at Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Nigeria, and is a research fellow at the University's centre for Islamic legal studies, where he was the director for a decade. He has attended seminars and conferences in many different countries and presented papers on islam, shari'a and political affairs.\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBewley, Abdalhaqq:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Abdalhaqq Bewley accepted Islam in 1968 and spent some years in Morocco learning about Islam. Since that time he has worked on the establishment of Islam and Muslim communities, in the process living and teaching in Nigeria, the US, Czechoslovakia, Germany, Spain, the Caribbean, and the UK. He is the author of The Nature Form of Man, the Basic Practices and Beliefs of Islam, Zakat: Raising a Fallen Pillar. With his wife Aisha Bewley, he is the translator of The Noble Qur'an, a new rendering of its meanings in English. He currently resides and teaches in Bradford.","brand":"Diwan Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50670454571282,"sku":"9781914397141","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_e8c7fe1a-eab3-4726-b96c-bc15542095ae.jpg?v=1733779375","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-african-caliphate-2-ideals-policies-and-operation-of-the-sokoto-caliphate-9781914397141","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}