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Merchants from North Africa and the Senegalese basin introduced Islam to what is now Nigeria during the 11th century, and it was the first monotheistic Abrahamic religion to arrive in Nigeria. The northern half of Nigeria was historically under the rule of various Islamic states and empires such as the Kanem–Bornu Empire , the Mali Empire ...
Its economy booms from the oil industry in the Niger Delta, and is said to be the leading economy in Africa in 2020. [25] Although Nigeria's economy is doing well, research has proven 35 percent of the population live in absolute poverty. [26] Approximately, 90 million Nigerians are believed to live on less than one US dollar a day. [27]
Karbala [a] is a city in central Iraq, located about 100 km (62 mi) southwest of Baghdad, and a few miles east of Lake Milh, also known as Razzaza Lake. [6] [7] Karbala is the capital of Karbala Governorate, and has an estimated population of 691,100 people (2024).
The economy of Nigeria is a middle-income, mixed economy and emerging market [27] [28] with expanding manufacturing, financial, service, communications, technology, and entertainment sectors. [ 29 ] [ 30 ] It is ranked as the 53rd-largest economy in the world in terms of nominal GDP , the sixth largest in Africa and the 27th-largest in terms of ...
To promote Islamic virtue and discourage vice, each of the twelve states has a Hisbah group, but each of these hisbah is "unique". [2] For example, as of 2016: "Kano and Zamfara hisbah have their foundations in state law", "have a legally sanctioned board or commission with state-wide powers", and get state funding to pay the salaries of "thousands of people".
China and India are increasingly important trade partners; 12.5% of Africa's exports are to China, and 4% are to India, which accounts for 5% of China's imports and 8% of India's. The Group of Five (Indonesia, Malaysia, Saudi Arabia, Thailand, and the United Arab Emirates) are another increasingly important market for Africa's exports. [74]
In some parts of Nigeria, there are even anti-blasphemy laws. [143] In 2017, the Humanist Association of Nigeria gained formal government recognition after a 17-year struggle. [144] This was followed by recognition of the Atheist Society of Nigeria, the Northern Nigerian Humanist Association and the Nigerian Secular Society. [145]
Although the majority of the Nigerian Muslim population is Sunni, there is a small Shia minority, particularly in the northern states of Kano and Sokoto. [1] [2] [3] However, there are no actual statistics that reflect a Shia population in Nigeria, [4] and a figure of even 5% of the total Nigerian Muslim population is thought to be too high “because of the routine conflation of Shi’a with ...