GCEIslamic Religious StudiesIslam in West Africa2023

The Sokoto Jihad of 1804 CE was led by Usman dan Fodio primarily against

Athe encroachment of European colonial powers in northern Nigeria
Bthe corrupt and un-Islamic practices of the Hausa ruling classCORRECT
Cthe non-Muslim Yoruba kingdoms to the south
Dthe Tuareg raiders who disrupted trade in the region
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Usman dan Fodio launched the Sokoto Jihad in 1804 CE to reform what he considered the corrupt, syncretistic, and oppressive rule of the Hausa Fulani kings (Hausa rulers). He accused them of mixing Islam with traditional religious practices and of exploiting the Muslim masses, making religious and political reform the central justification for the jihad.
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