rdless of their wives wealth" (Elmastry 78).How can such people practice a religion and pay it no nevermind? It is to no fault of the religion that they followed be for converting to the Islamic sect, but to what respect are they paying tribute? Are they paying tribute out of belief, out of enjoyment, out of respect, or out of selfishness? Can we or do we blame the Hausa scholars who did not draw the line between what is right and what is wrong, what was sinful and what was in the name of Allah? Do you blame the Hausa scholars for compromising the law of the Islamic faith to tailor the religion to the needs of wealthy Habe patrons?Another example of an Islamic group taht failes to fully live up to The poorest of the Yorubas make up the largest portion the Islamic religion. The Yorubian Muslims who only, mostly follow the traditions of the Islamic sentiment. They live as do any true Muslim, except "they take part in other festivals of other religions that are practiced within their families as well as the community, for they are merely acts of social custom" (Trimingham 222). This can be seen as a means of keeping peace through the community, but again does it make it right? Is it exceptable, to partake in rituals that may be held in the pagan belief , or Christmas celebration of the Christian belief, or any other for that matter? Egypt on the other hand, is the perfect example of a modern African nation that wholeheartedly follows the distinct beliefs and rules of the Islamic faith. Even though they are the oldest African civilization and have much documentation on their old religion and belief, they do not combined the two. They have the pyramids which they use within their praying to point them in the right direction of Mecca. They do not worship or pay tribute to any other god or man. Only in Allah do they put their trust. Not to come down upon the African religion, I make arguments for both cases. As I stated in a...
