Abstract: Despite the obligatory of Islamic knowledge upon Muslim believers, some Muslim students are facing challenges in understanding Islamic related course at university level due to respective reasons. Such challenges even caused some of the students to have less commitment in the study area, and thus developed having them as graduates of Islamic Related Course without focus, being incapacitated to deliver the expected services. Some of the respective challenges were found as a result of some factors either related specifically to students, or the learning process. Using both primary and secondary data, this paper gives a historical background of the Usmanu Danfodiyo University, Sokoto and further identified some of the challenges facing some Muslim students in understanding Islamic Related Course with specific consideration to the Faculty of Arts and Islamic Studies, Usmanu Danfodiyo University, Sokoto, as a study area. The paper also identified some factors considered behind the challenges, and finally gives conclusion and recommendations as solutions to the identified challenges for consideration, adoption, and implementation accordingly.
Keywords: Challenges, Understanding, Islamic-Related-Course, Muslim, Students.
Title: Challenges in Understanding Islamic Related Course by some Muslim Students: A Study of Faculty of Arts and Islamic Studies, Usmanu Danfodiyo University, Sokoto, Nigeria
Author: Abdulrashid Musa, Umar Alhaji Umar, Abdulrasheed Ishiaku, Ibrahim Labbo
International Journal of Social Science and Humanities Research
ISSN 2348-3156 (Print), ISSN 2348-3164 (online)
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