An overview of the Qur'anic system of education in Nigeria and Malaysia

The practice in most Muslim societies is to introduce children to memorization of the Qur'an at the early stage of their lives. In Nigeria and Malaysia, both formal and informal schools function in order to impact this important treasurer to children. The alMajiri system of Qur'anic educat...

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Main Authors:	Alkali, Alhaji Umar, Che Soh @ Yusoff, Roslina, Abdul Hak, Nora
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	The Department of Arabic and Islamic Studies, University of Maiduguri 2016
Subjects:	KBP Islamic Law L Education (General)
Online Access:	http://irep.iium.edu.my/53889/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/53889/1/Journal%20of%20Arabic%20and%20Islamic%20Studies.pdf

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description	The practice in most Muslim societies is to introduce children to memorization of the Qur'an at the early stage of their lives. In Nigeria and Malaysia, both formal and informal schools function in order to impact this important treasurer to children. The alMajiri system of Qur'anic education is used as the traditional informal school system in Nigeria for the purpose of memorization of the Qur'an, unfortunately, due to lack of proper management and planning, this system of education has become a breeding ground for miscreants in the society. A formal system of education where both Qur'anic and Western systems of education is concurrently taught has in recent years gained acceptance especially from parents that want to 'kill two birds with a single stone'. This article tries to examine the two systems of Qur'anic education in Nigeria and Malaysia, the challenges facing the systems and suggests how best these challenges can be addressed so that the systems can be a source of pride for the ummah.
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author	Alkali, Alhaji Umar Che Soh @ Yusoff, Roslina Abdul Hak, Nora
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title	An overview of the Qur'anic system of education in Nigeria and Malaysia
title_short	An overview of the Qur'anic system of education in Nigeria and Malaysia
title_full	An overview of the Qur'anic system of education in Nigeria and Malaysia
title_fullStr	An overview of the Qur'anic system of education in Nigeria and Malaysia
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publisher	The Department of Arabic and Islamic Studies, University of Maiduguri
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An overview of the Qur'anic system of education in Nigeria and Malaysia

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