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The '''Abuja Declaration''' is the name frequently given to the communiqué issued after the Islam in Africa conference held in [[Abuja]], [[Nigeria]] between 24 and 28 November 1989. The conference was organised by the [[Organisation of Islamic Cooperation]] (at that time called the Organisation of Islamic Conference<ref name=po>{{cite news|title=OIC rightly changes its name|url=http://pakobserver.net/detailnews.asp?id=100388|accessdate=23 October 2014|work=[[Pakistan Observer]]|date=30 June 2011}}</ref>) and it agreed to set up the Islam in Africa Organisation (IAO).<ref name=wijsen>{{cite book|last1=Wijsen|first1=Frans Jozef Servaas|title=Seeds of conflict in a haven of peace : from religious studies to interreligious studies in Africa|date=2007|publisher=Rodopi|location=Amsterdam|isbn=978-9042021884|page=64}}</ref><ref name=ioaback>{{cite web|title=Islam in Africa|url=//www.islaminafrica.org/backG.htm|website=Islam in Africa Organisation|publisher=Islam in Africa Organisation|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080908020525/http://www.islaminafrica.org/backG.htm|archivedate=8 September 2008}}</ref> |
The '''Abuja Declaration''' is the name frequently given to the communiqué issued after the Islam in Africa conference held in [[Abuja]], [[Nigeria]] between 24 and 28 November 1989. The conference was organised by the [[Organisation of Islamic Cooperation]] (at that time called the Organisation of Islamic Conference<ref name=po>{{cite news|title=OIC rightly changes its name|url=http://pakobserver.net/detailnews.asp?id=100388|accessdate=23 October 2014|work=[[Pakistan Observer]]|date=30 June 2011}}</ref>) and it agreed to set up the Islam in Africa Organisation (IAO).<ref name=wijsen>{{cite book|last1=Wijsen|first1=Frans Jozef Servaas|title=Seeds of conflict in a haven of peace : from religious studies to interreligious studies in Africa|date=2007|publisher=Rodopi|location=Amsterdam|isbn=978-9042021884|page=64}}</ref><ref name=ioaback>{{cite web|title=Islam in Africa|url=//www.islaminafrica.org/backG.htm|website=Islam in Africa Organisation|publisher=Islam in Africa Organisation|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080908020525/http://www.islaminafrica.org/backG.htm|archivedate=8 September 2008}}</ref> |
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The declaration was to the effect that Muslims should unite throughout Africa, the curricula at "various educational establishments" should conform to Muslim ideas, the education of women should be attended to, the teaching of Arabic should be encouraged, and Muslims should support economic relations with Islamic areas worldwide. It noted that Muslims in Africa had been deprived of rights to be governed under sharia law and they should strengthen their struggle to reinstate it.<ref name=wijsen /> John Chesworth (director of Islam and Christian-Muslim relations at St Paul's United Theological College, [[Limuru]], Kenya) and John Azumah (senior research felllow, Akrofi-Christaller Memorial Centre, Ghana) have reviewed the proceedings at the conference.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Chesworth|first1=John|editor1-last=Wijsen|editor1-first=Frans|chapter=Challenges to the Next Christendom: Islam in Africe|title=Global Christianity : contested claims|date=2007|publisher=Rodopi|location=Amsterdam|isbn=9789042021921|pages=120-129}}</ref><ref name=ipgrave>{{cite book|last1=Azumah|first1=John|chapter=Different Models of Governance and Justice: a West African Christian Perspectiive|editor-last1=Ipgrave|editor-first1=Michael|title=Building a Better Bridge Muslims, Christians, and the Common Good.|date=2008|publisher=Georgetown University Press|location=Washington|isbn=9781589017313|pages=118-119}}</ref> On the decision to set up the IAO, Heather Deegan has commented "More recently Islam has adopted a liberating posture, presenting itself as a religion which will rest countries from their neocolonial dependencies and ignoring the fact that it too was a conquering and colonising force in Africa over the ''longue durée''."<ref name=deegan>{{cite book|last1=Deegan|first1=Heather|title=Third Worlds: Politics in the Middle East and Africa|date=2002|publisher=Routledge|isbn=9781134827657|page=226}}</ref> |
The declaration was to the effect that Muslims should unite throughout Africa, the curricula at "various educational establishments" should conform to Muslim ideas, the education of women should be attended to, the teaching of Arabic should be encouraged, and Muslims should support economic relations with Islamic areas worldwide. It noted that Muslims in Africa had been deprived of rights to be governed under sharia law and they should strengthen their struggle to reinstate it.<ref name=wijsen /> John Chesworth (director of Islam and Christian-Muslim relations at St Paul's United Theological College, [[Limuru]], Kenya) and John Azumah (senior research felllow, Akrofi-Christaller Memorial Centre, Ghana) have reviewed the proceedings at the conference.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Chesworth|first1=John|editor1-last=Wijsen|editor1-first=Frans|chapter=Challenges to the Next Christendom: Islam in Africe|title=Global Christianity : contested claims|date=2007|publisher=Rodopi|location=Amsterdam|isbn=9789042021921|pages=120-129}}</ref><ref name=ipgrave>{{cite book|last1=Azumah|first1=John|chapter=Different Models of Governance and Justice: a West African Christian Perspectiive|editor-last1=Ipgrave|editor-first1=Michael|title=Building a Better Bridge Muslims, Christians, and the Common Good.|date=2008|publisher=Georgetown University Press|location=Washington|isbn=9781589017313|pages=118-119}}</ref> On the decision to set up the IAO, Heather Deegan (senior lecturer inComparative Politics, [[Middlesex University]]) has commented "More recently Islam has adopted a liberating posture, presenting itself as a religion which will rest countries from their neocolonial dependencies and ignoring the fact that it too was a conquering and colonising force in Africa over the ''longue durée''."<ref name=deegan>{{cite book|last1=Deegan|first1=Heather|title=Third Worlds: Politics in the Middle East and Africa|date=2002|publisher=Routledge|isbn=9781134827657|page=226}}</ref> |
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In 1990 another declaration was promulgated purporting to be from the 1989 conference and which Frans Wijsen, Professor of World Christianity and Interreligious Relations at [[Radboud University Nijmegen]], regards as a forgery because it does not correspond with declarations made at the conference.<ref name=wijsen65>{{cite book|last1=Wijsen|first1=Frans Jozef Servaas|title=Seeds of conflict in a haven of peace : from religious studies to interreligious studies in Africa|date=2007|publisher=Rodopi|location=Amsterdam|isbn=978-9042021884|page=65}}</ref> Regarding Africa, it said, amongst other things, that only Muslims should be appointed to strategic posts, non-Muslim religions should be eradicated, Nigeria should become a Federal Islamic Sultanate, western law should be replaced with sharia. Wijsen regards this as indicationg a more militant aspect of Islam in Africa and comments that some aspects directly conflict with official Islamic teaching.<ref name=wijsen65 /> The East African Centre for Law and Justice reports the declaration verbatim but goes on to quote two other objectives which it says were omitted from the IAO website. It goes on the severely criticise what it regards as the real objectives of the IAO.<ref name=eaclj>{{cite web|title=The Abuja Declaration|url=http://eaclj.org/religion/13-religion-feature-articles/15-the-abuja-declaration.html|publisher=East African Centre for Law and Justice|accessdate=23 October 2014|date=3 June 2010}}</ref> |
In 1990 another declaration was promulgated purporting to be from the 1989 conference and which Frans Wijsen, Professor of World Christianity and Interreligious Relations at [[Radboud University Nijmegen]], regards as a forgery because it does not correspond with declarations made at the conference.<ref name=wijsen65>{{cite book|last1=Wijsen|first1=Frans Jozef Servaas|title=Seeds of conflict in a haven of peace : from religious studies to interreligious studies in Africa|date=2007|publisher=Rodopi|location=Amsterdam|isbn=978-9042021884|page=65}}</ref> Regarding Africa, it said, amongst other things, that only Muslims should be appointed to strategic posts, non-Muslim religions should be eradicated, Nigeria should become a Federal Islamic Sultanate, western law should be replaced with sharia. Wijsen regards this as indicationg a more militant aspect of Islam in Africa and comments that some aspects directly conflict with official Islamic teaching.<ref name=wijsen65 /> The East African Centre for Law and Justice reports the declaration verbatim but goes on to quote two other objectives which it says were omitted from the IAO website. It goes on the severely criticise what it regards as the real objectives of the IAO.<ref name=eaclj>{{cite web|title=The Abuja Declaration|url=http://eaclj.org/religion/13-religion-feature-articles/15-the-abuja-declaration.html|publisher=East African Centre for Law and Justice|accessdate=23 October 2014|date=3 June 2010}}</ref> |
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Revision as of 10:51, 23 October 2014
The Abuja Declaration is the name frequently given to the communiqué issued after the Islam in Africa conference held in Abuja, Nigeria between 24 and 28 November 1989. The conference was organised by the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (at that time called the Organisation of Islamic Conference[1]) and it agreed to set up the Islam in Africa Organisation (IAO).[2][3]
The declaration was to the effect that Muslims should unite throughout Africa, the curricula at "various educational establishments" should conform to Muslim ideas, the education of women should be attended to, the teaching of Arabic should be encouraged, and Muslims should support economic relations with Islamic areas worldwide. It noted that Muslims in Africa had been deprived of rights to be governed under sharia law and they should strengthen their struggle to reinstate it.[2] John Chesworth (director of Islam and Christian-Muslim relations at St Paul's United Theological College, Limuru, Kenya) and John Azumah (senior research felllow, Akrofi-Christaller Memorial Centre, Ghana) have reviewed the proceedings at the conference.[4][5] On the decision to set up the IAO, Heather Deegan (senior lecturer inComparative Politics, Middlesex University) has commented "More recently Islam has adopted a liberating posture, presenting itself as a religion which will rest countries from their neocolonial dependencies and ignoring the fact that it too was a conquering and colonising force in Africa over the longue durée."[6]
In 1990 another declaration was promulgated purporting to be from the 1989 conference and which Frans Wijsen, Professor of World Christianity and Interreligious Relations at Radboud University Nijmegen, regards as a forgery because it does not correspond with declarations made at the conference.[7] Regarding Africa, it said, amongst other things, that only Muslims should be appointed to strategic posts, non-Muslim religions should be eradicated, Nigeria should become a Federal Islamic Sultanate, western law should be replaced with sharia. Wijsen regards this as indicationg a more militant aspect of Islam in Africa and comments that some aspects directly conflict with official Islamic teaching.[7] The East African Centre for Law and Justice reports the declaration verbatim but goes on to quote two other objectives which it says were omitted from the IAO website. It goes on the severely criticise what it regards as the real objectives of the IAO.[8]
The nl was formally established in July 1991, also in Abuja.[9] It has stated its objectives.[10]
References
- ^ "OIC rightly changes its name". Pakistan Observer. 30 June 2011. Retrieved 23 October 2014.
- ^ a b Wijsen, Frans Jozef Servaas (2007). Seeds of conflict in a haven of peace : from religious studies to interreligious studies in Africa. Amsterdam: Rodopi. p. 64. ISBN 978-9042021884.
- ^ "Islam in Africa". Islam in Africa Organisation. Islam in Africa Organisation. Archived from the original on 8 September 2008.
- ^ Chesworth, John (2007). "Challenges to the Next Christendom: Islam in Africe". In Wijsen, Frans (ed.). Global Christianity : contested claims. Amsterdam: Rodopi. pp. 120–129. ISBN 9789042021921.
- ^ Azumah, John (2008). "Different Models of Governance and Justice: a West African Christian Perspectiive". In Ipgrave, Michael (ed.). Building a Better Bridge Muslims, Christians, and the Common Good. Washington: Georgetown University Press. pp. 118–119. ISBN 9781589017313.
- ^ Deegan, Heather (2002). Third Worlds: Politics in the Middle East and Africa. Routledge. p. 226. ISBN 9781134827657.
- ^ a b Wijsen, Frans Jozef Servaas (2007). Seeds of conflict in a haven of peace : from religious studies to interreligious studies in Africa. Amsterdam: Rodopi. p. 65. ISBN 978-9042021884.
- ^ "The Abuja Declaration". East African Centre for Law and Justice. 3 June 2010. Retrieved 23 October 2014.
- ^ Bugaje, Usman Muhamad (18 June 1994). "Islam in Africa Organisation". Webstar. Archived from the original on 9 May 2008.
- ^ "Objectives". Islam in Africa Organisation. Islam in Africa Organisation. Archived from the original on 1 December 2008.