Rebranding Islamic Studies in Universities in South-western Nigeria: Islamic Finance to the Rescue
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.31436/ijrcs.v4i1.179Keywords:
Islamic Finance, Islamic Studies, Rebranding, Southwestern Nigeria, University, Education.Abstract
Islamic Studies, as an academic discipline, has been scorned over the years with very low patronage as a course of study in higher institutions in South-western Nigeria. This situation has prompted experts in this area of study to publish motivating research in order to arouse the interest of prospective students. Although previous studies have identified some factors besetting Islamic studies as an academic discipline, the most pronounced has been its wavering prospect. The focus of this paper is to address the question of the uncertain prospect of Islamic studies by proposing an introduction of Islamic finance as a sub-study in its curriculum at the university level. This will make the discipline more functional and produce self-reliant graduates of Islamic studies from universities in South-western Nigeria. The universities selected for this study are Lagos State University, Olabisi Onabanjo University and Osun State University. This study is both descriptive and exploratory in its qualitative approach. It is hoped that a more functional discipline will evolve when fully integrated as projected.
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