SUBSTITUTING NIGERIA’S DEMOCRACY WITH AN ISLAMIC THEOCRACY: ANALTERNATIVE FOR GOOD POLITY
SystemofgovernanceisnotalienintheShariah.ThisservesasareasonwhyIslamisreferredtoasnotonlyareligionbutalsoacompletecomprehensivemanneroflife.Itestablishesauniquesystemofadministrationthatcoversallspectraoflifepolitically,economically,sociallyetc.Nigeria’sdemocraticsystemofgovernanceatthepresenteracal...
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| Type de support: | Imprimé Article |
| Langue: | Anglais |
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| Fernleihe: | Fernleihe für die Fachinformationsdienste |
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Mayanjuola Publ
2020
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| Dans: |
Religions' educator
Année: 2020, Volume: 19, Numéro: 1, Pages: 66-76 |
| Sujets non-standardisés: | B
Shariah
B Human Rights B Democracy B Islamic theocracy B Nigeria |
| Résumé: | SystemofgovernanceisnotalienintheShariah.ThisservesasareasonwhyIslamisreferredtoasnotonlyareligionbutalsoacompletecomprehensivemanneroflife.Itestablishesauniquesystemofadministrationthatcoversallspectraoflifepolitically,economically,sociallyetc.Nigeria’sdemocraticsystemofgovernanceatthepresenteracallsforchangeintheoryandpractice.Thisamongothersisduetoincessantproblemsencounteredeverydaybythesystem.ThehistoricalsurveyofNigerianpoliticsistracedtopre-colonial,colonialandthepost-colonialeras.However,noneoftheerasisfavourabletoagoodsystemofadministrationthatcatersfortheneedsofthenation.DemocracytakesnewdimensioninNigerianpoliticalsystem.Inlieuofbeingthegovernmentofthebenefitsofthepeople;itservesasthesystemofadministrationthatischaracterisedwithoppressionofthemassesandsurvivalofthefittest.Asystemofgovernmentthatdisenfranchisesthefundamentalhumanrightsofthemassesandturnstheleadersagainsttheledwhoelectedthem.Byandlarge,thisworkiscarriedoutontheneedforchangefrompracticesofNigeriandemocracytodivinetheocracyasmechanismstocurbtheincessantproblemsthatassociatewiththeNigeriangovernance.HistoricalandIslamichermeneuticsareadoptedforeffectiveanalysisofthework.TheworkservesasanimpetustotheconceptofgovernanceintheShari‘ahandalsoprovidespanaceastocurbthemenaceofbadadministrationinthenation.Boththeprimaryandsecondarysourceswereemployedandsuggestions were put forward to the society en-mass on the needs to adopt Islamic theocracy. |
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| ISSN: | 1115-5035 |
| Contient: | Enthalten in: National Association for the Study of Religions and Education, Religions' educator
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