The aim of this paper is to enlighten the Yoruba Muslims, in the light of theSharīᶜah, scales that would assist them in placing religious obligations in the rightorder. It has been observed over the years that a number of Yoruba Muslims givepreference to acts of worship whose virtues are not only contestable among thescholars but...Read More

The present study aims at providing a linguistic analysis of the khutba in its socio-political arena. The underlying assumption that facilitates this type of analysis is that, for Muslims, Islam is not only a religion but also a way of life. Consequently, the khutba represents the nexus of the religious and the civic discourse. It...Read More

From a sociolinguistic as well as a pragmalinguistic perspective, this cognitive, small-scale study investigates the language features depicted in the opening of Al-Isra’ Quranic discourse. It conceives the discourse as Arabic for tourism. The study aims to describe and interpret the rhetorical features of the word selected, the language functions intended and the styles used...Read More

The polyvalent Qur’anic text lends itself to multiple interpretations, dependingupon one’s presuppositions and premises. In fact, Q. 3:7 distinguishesbetween muḥkam (explicit, categorical) and mutashābih (metaphorical, allegorical,symbolic) verses. As such, this device provides a way for reinterpretingverses that outwardly appear to be problematic – be it in the area ofgender equality, minority rights, religious freedom, or...Read More