ABOUT ME

 

Prof. Umar Labdo

 

PERSONAL DATA

Surname:                                 Labdo

Other names:                          Umar Muhammad

Date of birth:                           12^th April 1960

Place of Birth:                         Kano

Local Govt:                             Gwale Local Govt.

State of Origin:                       Kano State

Nationality:                             Nigerian

 

EDUCATION

1963-1973                     Qur`anic School, Kano

1973-1977                      Ma`ahad Sheikh Nasir Islamiyah Primary School, Kano

1977-1981                       School for Arabic Studies (S.A.S), Kano

1982-1987                      Usmanu Danfodiyo University Sokoto (Formerly University of Sokoto) B.A. Islamic Studies and Arabic.

1990-1993                      Bayero University, Kano: M.A. Islamic Studies, specialisation in Islamic Political Though.Title of Dissertation: Al-Aqqad wa Musahamatuh fi al-Fikr al-Islami (in Arabic).

1994-1998                      Usmanu Danfodiyo University, Sokoto: Ph.D. Islamic Studies, specialisation in Islamic Political Though. Title of Thesis: Diplomacy and War in the Sokoto Caliphate.

EMPLOYMENT/WORKING EXPERIENCE

1981-1982                      Teacher, Turaki Primary School, Danhassan Town,Kura Local Govt., Kano State.

1987-1988                     Teacher, Sultan Abubakar College, Sokoto. (N.Y.S.C)

1988-1989                     Assistant Lecturer, State College of Arts and Sciences (S.C.A.S.) Kano.

1989-1999                     Graduate Asst., Asst. Lect., Lect. II, Lect. I,Usmanu Danfodiyo  University, Sokoto, Nigeria.

1999-2002                    Lecturer, Senior Lect.,     Islamic University in Uganda, Mbale, Uganda.

2003-2005                   Senior Lecturer, Usmanu Danfodiyo University,Sokoto.

2004-2005                    Sabbatical Leave at Shehu Shagari College of Education,Sokoto.

2005-2009                    Senior Lecturer, Katsina University, Katsina.

2009-2013                     Associate Professor/Reader, Kaduna State University

2013-Date                      Associate Professor, Northwest University, Kano.

FACULTY ACTIVITIES/ADMINISTRATIVE EXPERIENCE

1995-1999                      Seminar Co-ordinator, Centre for Islamic Studies, Usmanu Danfodiyo University, Sokoto.

1998-1999                      Member, Examination Malpractice Committee, Centre for Islamic Studies, Usmanu Danfodiyo University, Sokoto.

1998-1999                      Member, Junior Staff Disciplinary Committee Usmanu Danfodiyo University, Sokoto.

2000-2002                    Head, Department of Political Science, Islamic University in Uganda.

2000-2002                    Acting Director, Centre for Postgraduate Studies, Islamic University in Uganda.

2000-2002                    Acting Dean, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, Islamic University in Uganda.

2000-2002                    Chief Editor, Islamic University Journal, Islamic University in Uganda.

2003-2005                    Chairman, Centre for Islamic Studies Syllabus     Drafting/Revision Committee.

2004-2005                    Secretary, Centre for Islamic Studies Post-Graduate Committee.

2005-2007                    Head, Department of Islamic Studies, Katsina University, Katsina.

2005-2007                    Dean, College of Humanities, Katsina University, Katsina.

2007-2009                    Acting Vice Chancellor, Katsina University, Katsina

2013-Date                      Dean, Faculty of Humanities, Northwest University,Kano

COURSES/ WORKSHOPS ATTENDED

Workshop on Institutional Management in Higher Education jointly organized by UNESCO/International Institute of Educational Planning, Paris-France and Management Training and Advisory Centre, Kampala-Uganda, 10-18 December, 2001.

COMMUNITY SERVICE (RECENT)

Guest Speaker, Sokoto National Seminar organized by Jama’atu Izalatil Bid’ah wa Iqamatis Sunnah (JIBWIS) under the theme Collective Action in Ahlus Sunnah Advocacy, 18-20 January, 2013. Presented a paper titled Hadin Kai Tsakanin Masu Aikin Kira Zuwa Sunna.

Guest Speaker, National Workshop for JIBWIS First Aid Group, Dutse-Jigawa State, 12-16, June, 2013. Delivered a paper titled Gudunmawar ‘Yan Agaji ga Zaman Lafiyar Kasa.

Speaker, Ramadan Symposium organized by Islamic Learning Centre, Kaduna, 28^th July, 2013. Delvered a paped titled Shugabanci a Daular Usmaniyya.

Speaker, Pre-Ramadan Seminar organized by JIBWIS Katsina State Chapter, Katsina, 29 Juna, 2013. Delivered a paper titled Ahamiyyatul Waqti Lada Al-Mufassirin.

Speaker, Pre-Ramadan Seminar organized by JIBWIS Gombe State Chapter, Gombe, 6^th July 2013. Delvered a paper titled Miyagun Akidun Shi’a da Yadda za’a Kauce musu.

Guest Speaker,Ramadan Lecturejointly organized by Gombe State Government, National Television Authority (NTA) Gombe and Jama’atu Nasril Islam, Gombe State Chapter, 16^th July 2013. Delivered a paper titled Mutuwa da Rayuwar Kabari a Musulunci.

HOUNORARY AWARD

Awarded Certificate of Service by Islamic University Foreign Students’ Association, Islamic University in Uganda, 2002.

Awarded Certificate of Appreciation by Da’awah Secretariat, Islamic Univarsity in Uganda, 2002.

Awarded Certificate of Honour by Katsina State Ministry for Religious Affairs, 2006.

Awarded Certificate of Honour by King Saud University Riyad Alumni, Northen Nigeria Office, 2006.

Awarded Certificate of Appreciation by Arabic Students’ Association, Katsina University Chapter, 2009.

Awarded Certificate of Honour by Muslim Students’ Society of Nigeria, Kaduna State University Chapter, 2011.

Awarded Certificate of Honour by Markaz Fityah li Al-Da’awah wa Al-Tarbiyah wa Al-Ta’alim, Kano, 2011.

ORGANISATION OF SEMINARS/WORKSHOPS

15^th April 2000              One-day Seminar on Globalisation and the Third World Counties. The lecture was given by two professors from the American Cultural Centre, Kampala, Uganda.

20^th February 2001       One-day Workshop on Research and Dissertation Writing (for postgraduate students).

3^rd March 2001              One-day Seminar on the Issues at Stake in the Uganda Presidential Elections, 2001 (Jointly organised by the Department of Political Science and Political Science Students Association). Attended by the presidential candidates, including the incumbent, who was represented.

22-23 October 2001      Two-day General Seminar on the Islamisation of Knowledge Programme attended by scholars from inside and outside Uganda.

SUPERVISION/EXAMINATION OF DISSERTATIONS:

Al-Wilayah fi al-Zawaj bain al-Shari’ah wa al-Taqlid fi Iqlim Shamal Sharq Kiniyah (M.A. Shari’ah) 2001.

Tatbiq al-Hudud al-Shar’iyyah fi Wilayah Zamfara bi Nijeriya: Dirasah Tahliliyah Ijtima’iyah (M.A. Shari’ah) 2001.

Huquq al-Insan al-Shakhsiyyah fi al-Shari’ah al-Islamiyyah wa al-Nuzum al-Gharbiyyah: Dirasah Muqaranah (M.A. Shari’ah) 2002.

Impact of Hausa Films on the Morality of Muslim Youth in Sokoto State (M.A. Islamic Studies) 2004.

Edition and Translation of Sauq al-Ummah ila Ittiba’ al-Sunnah of Shaikh Uthman b. Foduye (M.A. Islamic Studies) 2004.

Al-Urf and its Application in Sokoto, Kebbi and Zamfara States (M.A. Islamic Studies) 2004.

PUBLICATIONS

i)    BOOKS

Matsayin Sufanci da Darika a Musulinci (in Hausa). Published by al-Sunnah Publications, Kano, Nigeria, 1993. ISBN 978-184-192-8.

Littafin Nurul Albabi na Shaihu Mujaddadi Dan Fodiyo: Tahakiki, Ta’aliki da Fassara (in Hausa). Published by Shukur Printing Press, Sokoto, Nigeria, 2003. ISBN 978-2076-25-1.

Bidi’a da Tasirinta Mai Muni ga Al’umma na Salim Alhilali (Trans. from Arabic to Hausa). Published by The Path Publishing Company, Sokoto, Nigeria, 2004. ISBN 978-2076-86-4.

Bacin Tafarkin ‘Yan Shi’a da Aqidojinsu (in Hausa). Published by Ijaba Printing Investment, Sokoto, Nigeria, 2005. ISBN 978- 2076-98-8.

Tauhidi: Haqqin Allah A kan Bayinsa (in Hausa). Published by Ijaba Printing Investment, Sokoto, Nigeria, 2005. ISBN 978-2076-39-2.

Bayan Fasad Aqa’id al-Shi’a. 2^nd Edition.Published by Merchant Yeoman Internantional Limited, Kaduna, 2010. ISBN 978-3505-98-7.

Dangantaka Da Auratayya Tsakanin Ahalul Baiti Da Sahabbai. Published by Zomo Press Ltd., Kaduna, 2010. ISBN 968-3075-97-8.

Wa Ya Kashe Hussaini? Published by Zomo Press Ltd., Kaduna, 2010. ISBN 968-3084-72-2.

ii) PAPERS:

Hukum al-Shar’ fi Akl Luhum al-Khail (in Arabic) published in Studies in Humanities, a Journal of the Usmanu Dandofiyo University, Sokoto, volume 4 January 1997. ISSN 0794-5639

Muhawalah al-Taufiq bain al-Falsafah wa al-Din: Dirasah Tahliliyah li Musahamatai al-Kindi wa Ibn Rushd (in Arabic) published in al-Nahdah, a journal of the Centre for Islamic Studies, Usmanu Danfodiyo University, Sokoto, Volume 1 October 1998. ISSN 10794-4829.

Abd Allah b. Foduye’s Intellectual Contribution to the Sakkwato Tajdid Movement and an Overview of his Diya’at series, published in Degel, a journal of the Faculty of Arts and Islamic Studies, Usmanu Danfodiyo University, Sokoto, Volume 2 September 1999. ISSN 0794-9316.

Kaset-Kaset na Hausa na Musulunci da Rawar da Suke Takawa Wajen Ci Gaban Hausa (in Hausa), published in Hausa Studies, a journal of the Department of Nigerian Languages, Usmanu Danfodiyo University, Sokoto, Volume 2 No.2 January 2000. ISBN 978-33308-9-6.

Technological Development and the Challenge of Nuclear Armament: A Legalistic Study of Islam’s Attitude Towards Weapons of Mass Destruction in Degel, Volume 3 June 2000. ISSN 0794-9316.

Dialogue and Conflict Resolution in Islam, in Islamic University Journal, a Journal of the Islamic University in Uganda, June 2000. ISSN 9970-801-006.

Abbas Mahmud al-Aqqad: His Life and Contribution to Islamic Political Thought, in Islamic University Journal, December 2000. ISSN 9970-801-01-5

From Occidentosis to Nifaq; A Survey of the Effects of Westernisation on the Minds of the Westernised Muslim Elites, in Islamic University Journal, December 2000. ISSN 9970-801-01-5

Women Political Participation in the Islamic Normative Period: An Analytical Inquiry, in Degel, Volume 4, February 2001. ISSN 0794 9316.

The Concept of Environment and Environmental Conservation in Islam, in Islamic University Journal, December 2001. ISSN 9970 801 02 4

Fundamentals of Zakat and its Modern Application: The Case of Zakat on Company and Shareholders, in Islamic University Journal, December 2001, ISSN 9970-801-02-4.

Globalization Versus Islamization: Common Desting or Separate Futures? CBR/ENRECA Occasional Paper Series, Kampala- Uganda, Vol 4/2003, ISBN 9970-516-89-0.

The Poet as a Revolutionary: The Life and Works of Alhaji Akilu Aliyu, in Degel, Vol. 6 August, 2003. ISBN 0794-9316.

Maukibin Qadiriyya: A Critical Apprisal of a Sufi Ritual Ceremony in Kano, in Centre for Islamic Studies Series No. 3, Sokoto. June, 2004. ISBN 978-2076-02-3.

Mabadi’ al-Hukm fi Fikr al-Aqqad, in Centre for Islamic Studies Series No. 3, Sokoto. June, 2004. ISBN 978-2076-02-3.

Catching them Young: Raising Generations for Nation-Building – the Islamic Model, in Isa Kaita Multi-Disciplinary Journal of Education, a journal of the Isa Kaita College of Education, Dutsin-Ma, Katsina State, vol. 3 No. 1 August, 2007. ISSN 1596-7107.

Application of Shari’ah in Nigeria, in Contemporary Issues in Islamic Jurisprudence (A book published in honour of the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Nonourable Justice Idris Legbo Kutigi, CON, GCON, FCI, Arb.) ed. by Muhammad Lawal Ahmadu et al. Published by Rawel Fortune Resources, Benin City, 2009. ISBN 978-978-085-778-3.

Al-Harb al-Salibiyyah fi Thawb Jadid: Nazarah Naqdiyyah li al-Harakah al- Irhabiyyah al Amrikiyyah, in Danmarna International Journal of Islamic Culture and Heritage, a journal of Umaru Musa Yar’adua University, Katsina, vol. 3 No. 1 January, 2010. ISSN 2141-7253.

iii) SELECTED NEWSPAPER ARTICLES:

Reflections of a Muslim Corper, 1989.

The Muslim Factor in the Struggle against Apartheid, 1990.

Gulf Crisis: What the Muslim Masses Say 1990.

Princess Diana’s Death: Tragedy and Lessons, 1997.

Middle East Debacle: Which Way Out? 1997.

Israel at 50: A Nation Behind Barbed Wire (in three parts) 1998.

PAPERS DELIVERED AT CONFERENCES/SEMINARS:

Maukib al-Qadiriyah: A Critical Appraisal of a Sufi Ritual Ceremony in Kano, paper delivered at the National Seminar on the Muslim and Islamic Scholarship in Nigeria in the 20^th Century, Usmanu Danfodiyo University, Sokoto, 12^th – 14^th August 1994.

Islam’s Promotion of Knowledge and the Muslim Contribution to Science, paper delivered at 2-day Islamic Conference, Mbarara University of Science and Technology, Mbarara, Uganda, 23^rd – 24^th March 2001.

Application of Shari’ah in Nigeria: Past, Present and Future, paper delivered at the Annual Ramadhan Convention, Islamic University in Uganda, Mbale, Uganda 6^th – 9^th December, 2001.

Globalisation Versus Islamisation Common Destiny or Separate Futures? Paper delivered at the 1^st Cultural Studies Workshop on Post Colonial Studies, jointly organized by the Centre for Basic Research and the Department of Political Science, Makerere University, Kampala-Uganda, 20^th – 22^nd August, 2002.

Abdullahi bin Foduye’s Interpretation of Scientific Verses of the Noble Qur’an: A Textual Study, paper delivered at International Seminar on the Contribution of Sokoto Jihad Leaders to Science and Technology, Usmanu Danfodiyo University, Sokoto 23^rd – 26^th September, 2003.

Al-Sahwah al-Islamiyyah wa al-Salibiyyun al-Judud: Nazrah Naqdiyyah li Harb Amrika ala al-Irhab, paper delivered at the 23^rd National Conference of the National Association of Teachers of Arabic and Islamic Studies (NATAIS), held in Sokoto, 30^th August – 2^nd September, 2004.

Catching them Young: Raising Generations for Nation-Building – the Islamic Model, paper delivered at the 3^rd National Conference organized by Isa Kaita College of Education, Dutsin-Ma, Katsina State, 27^th – 29^th November, 2006.

Al-Ittifaq al-Aqadi bain al-Rafidah wa al-Sufiyyah, paper delivered at a 2-Day National Conference organized by Mu’assasah Ahlil Bait wa al-Sahabah, Sokoto, 7^th – 8^th Sha’aban, 1431 (2010).

Dialogue and Conflict Resolution in Islam, paper delivered at a 2-Day National Conference jointly organised by the Religious and Cultural Attaché Office, Royal Embassy of Saudi Arabia, Abuja and Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria from 31^st July – 1^st August, 2010.

Religious Harmony as Prerequisite for National Development – the Islamic Viewpoint, paper delivered at a 2-Day Sensitization Workshop organised by the Kaduna State Bureau of Religious Affairs, 15^th – 16^th September, 2010 at the Women Multi Purpose Centre, Kaduna.

Zuhur al-Tashayyu’ wa Intisharuh fi Nijeriya: al-Kayfiyyah wa al-Wasa’il wa al-Akhtar, paper delivered at an International Conference jointly organised by Jama’tu Izalatil Bid’ah (Katsina State Chapter), Fityah Centre for Da’awah and Education (Kano) and Dar al-Aal wa al-Sahb (Riyad, Saudi Arabia), 9-10 Rabi al-Awwal, 1432 A.H. (12-13 Fabruary, 2011).

Taimakon da Sayyidina Ali da ‘Ya’yansa Suka Ba Wa Khalifofin Annabi(SAW) Uku: Abubakar da Umar da Usman, Allah ya kara musu yarda, paper delivered at a Conference organized by Abdullahi bin Mas’ud Foundation, Dutse-Jigawa State, 30-31 March, 2013.

Universities’ Contribution to the Quality of Societies: The Case of the Islamic Universities, paper presented at an International Conference jointly organized by the International Institute of Islamic Thought (IIIT) Nigeria Office, Kano; Bayero University, Kano; and Northwest University, Kano, 25^th – 28^th June, 2013.

Aqidar Ahalus Sunna Dangane da Sahabbai da Ahalul Baiti (tare da bayanin karkatar ‘Yan Shi’a dangane da Su),paper presented at a seminar for Imams,Dai’s and Islamiyya Teachers organized by Jam’iyyatul Aali wal Ashab in Kaduna, Saturday 29^th June, 2013.

“The Arab Spring, the Islamists` Rise to Power and the Secularists` Reaction: An Exposition of the Egyptian Experience, presents as part of the Northwest University Public Lecture series, 22^nd May, 2014.

UNPUBLISHED WORKS

Translation of al-Tuhfa al-Saniyah bi Taudih al-Tariqah al-Tijaniyah by Muhammad Tahir Maigari 1992.

Al-Aqqad wa Musahamatuh fi al-Fikr al-Siyasi al-Islami (M.A. Dissertation) 1993.

Edition, Translation and Commentary on Nur al-Albab by Sheikh Usman b. Foduye, 1995.

Edition and Translation of Diya’ Ahl al-Rashad by Sheikh Abd Allah b. Foduye 1997.

Translation of al-Insaf fi ma Qila fi al-Maulid min al-Guluw wa al-Ijhaf by Abubakar Al-Jaza’iri, 1998.

Diplomacy and War in the Sokoto Caliphate (Ph.D. Thesis) 1998.

Tarjamat Abi Turab Ali b. Abi Talib, 1998.

Bahthun fi Hadith Innamal A’mal bi al-Niyat, 1998.

Hayat Amir al-Muminin Muhammad Bello, 1999.

Hayat Sheik al-Islam Ibn Taimiyah wa Minhajuhu fi al-Da’awah, 1999.

Al-Imam, al-Shafi: Minhajuhu wa Usul Madhhabih, 1999.

Minhaj al Da’wah inda al-Imam Muhammad b. Abd al-Wahhab, 1999.

PAPERS IN PREPARATION

The Concept of Collective Security in Islam and the West: A comparative Analysis.

Morality and Immorality in Politics: A Comparative Study of the Ideas of al-Maghili and Machiavelli.

LANGUAGES SPOKEN

Hausa

English

Arabic

Fulani