Cleric seeks revival of reading culture among Muslims, launches 6 books /
A former wali (leader) of The Muslim Congress (TMC) in Kwara State, Imam Hakeem Peleowo, has lamented the dwindling reading culture in the country, particularly within the Muslim community.
Peleowo spoke in Ilorin at the public presentation of six books on theories of Islamic law written by him. The event was attended by Islamic scholars from within and outside the country.
The author said Islam and Prophet Muhammad prioritised the acquisition of knowledge.
He said the high literacy rate among Muslims of yesteryear catapulted them to the leadership of the world in all fields of human endeavour and referred to the period as the golden era of human civilisation.
“The opposite is regrettably the case today and yet Islam makes us understand that readers are leaders,” he noted
Peleowo, a statistician at the Federal Medical Centre, Abeokuta, disclosed that he still had about 18 books on Islam yet to be published, saying one's discipline should not be a hindrance to the propagation of Islam through book writing.
He said the books were aimed at encouraging the Muslim ummah to imbibe reading culture.
The author said: “The problem is that we have lost interest totally in reading but if we can open our eyes to its benefits and create necessary awareness, there will be a major improvement.
“As a Muslim community, the ummah needs to go back to the culture of reading to help widen our horizon for discoveries. I am not talking about religious books only but books on the other aspects of our daily lives.”
The event was attended by the president of the Muslim Lawyers Association of Nigeria (MULAN), Professor AbdulQadir Abikan; a former National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON) Commissioner (Operations), Professor Lanre Badmus and a former Grand Khadi of the Kwara State Shari'a Court of Appeal, Justice Olohuntoyin Mohammed (retd), among other Muslim personalities.
Cloud Tag: What's trending
Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.
Aishat Mohammed Lawal Bamikole Omishore Abubakar Abdullahi Bata Obuh Yusuf Abdulwahab Tanke Albert Ogunsola Al-Ilory Modibbo Kawu Abdulmalik Bashir Mopelola Risikatullahi Allocation 07039448763 Abdulrahman Abdulrazak Onilu Olushola Saraki Iponrin Issa Memunat Moyosore Government High School Adeta Mufti Of Ilorin Segun Olawoyin Mohammed Saidu Femi Ogunsola Salake Diagnostic Centre Taofeek Ibraheem Okoolowo Funmi Salau Fatimoh Lawal Jare Olatundun Mahee Abdulkadir Kwara Central Salihu Ajia Makama Oba Of Jebba Abikan Saka Balikis Kehinde Sherif Sagaya Ahmad Belgore Shururat Olatinwo Inside Kwara TIC Sheu Ndanusa Usman UTME Afolabi-Oshatimehin Ayodele Shittu Olabanji Orilonishe Bankole Omishore Ileloke Okasanmi Ajayi TVC Female National Debate Maigida Funke Adedoyin Oke-Ogun Samari Maryam Ado Bayero Ilorin Airport Abdullahi Imam Abdullahi Ibrahim Taiwo Abubakar Baba Sulaiman Kubra Kazum CKNG Niyi Ogundiran Suleiman Rotimi Iliasu SDP Toyin Saraki Wole Oke Shehu Salau Abubakar Kawu Baraje Islamiya Abdulraheem Centre For Peace And Strategic Studies Abdulrahman Abdulrasak Isiaka Rafiu Mope Ishaq Abdulkarim Abdulfatah Ahmed Omoniyi NSCIA Elerin Of Adanla