أثر الاستعمار البريطاني على القيادة السياسية : في شمال نيجيريا نظرية شرعية

Abstract EN

British colonialism found Islam in northern Nigeria not only as a religion that had a vast followers, but also ruling power followed by the first class rulers of the time.

For having seen that, they prepared to remove the Islam from the hearts of the servants, and eliminate the power of Sokoto caliphate with everything possible in order to replace the Sharia with Constitutional law, and make the religion affairs an optional issue in the name of freedom.

Based on this, this research aims to analyze the impact of British colonialism on the political leadership of northern Nigeria.

The researchers stated the political system in northern Nigeria before the British colonialism, and the emergence of British into Africa in general, and northern Nigeria in particular, with special reference to the impact left by the colonial masters on the political leadership in northern Nigeria.

Finally, the researchers underscored that; there would be no way of eliminating the negative impact of colonialism on the political leadership of Northern Nigeria unless the government returns to the Islamic political system that prevailed in the country for nearly a century, where the security was provided to a large extent at that time.