A Comparative Study of the Teaching of Islam in Selected Nigerian Universities

ABSTRACT

This paper attempts to examine the inner dialectics in the teaching of Islam in some selected Nigerian Universities with a special focus on  Crescent University of Abeokuta, Nigeria. A comparison is made between the teaching of Islam there and at other universities involved in the academic study of Islam especially ill south-western Nigeria. One common factor to the teaching of Islam in these universities is the Islam inclusion of logic, philosophy and critical thinking in the curriculum, which is a major strong point that has contributed to its relevance and growth in Nigerian academia. But while Al-Hikmah and other Nigerian universities are fully teaching the twin disciplines of Arabic and Islamic Studies especially in the case of Al-Hikmah since the university rose from a former College of Arabic and Islamic Studies. Crescent University which takes after the International Islamic University Malaysia, on the other hand, is engaged currently in teaching Islam both as a general university course and with other subject combinations.