On the controversy in Kano and the planned public debate - By: . .
On the controversy in Kano and the planned public debate By Wed Feb 10 2021 Hausa-speaking Muslims are looking forward to a debate coming up in Kano later this month. This “debate” appears to be the latest iteration of the historical encounter that has pitched those who have raised objections to the validity of Sunni prophetic traditions and the narrative integrity of the companions of the Prophet against those who have upheld same. The former includes orientalists, Shi’ites, Mu’tazilites and reformist/modernist Sunni Muslims, while the latter are Orthodox Sunni scholars from both Sal...