Modernitenin Kuzey Nijeryalı Müslümanlar üzerindeki etkisi: Balewa (1960-1966) ve Obasanjo (1999-2007) yıllarının karşılaştırmalı bir çalışması

Since the beginning of the world, human beings have been creating different systems that could change or dominate people's worldviews. From the dawn of the seventeenth century, a system that emerged associated with culture, intellectual movement and affected the everyday life of individuals where religious and social horizons were challenged is modernity. Modernity is considered to be critical towards traditional worldviews and lifestyle which makes it a civilization developed in Europe and spread to other parts of the world. Many factors played great roles in the spread of modernity; like globalization and industrialization. Modernity has been spreading throughout the world leaving behind negative and positive changes on traditional societies, the negative aspects of modernity can be witnessed in the everyday lives of many people whereas the positive aspects are things one cannot be seen in everyday life. This research focuses on the impact of modernity on Northern Nigerian Muslims, despite having rich history with Islam and the people upholding to Islamic practices, modernity is still taking effect on their worldview. Keywords: Islam, Modernity, Civilization, Nigeria, Northern Nigerian Muslims