Maghrebi script from a 13th-century northern African Qur'an
The Yan Tatsine was a militant Quranist[1][2] movement founded by the controversial Nigerian leader Maitatsine that first appeared around the early 1970s.
^Loimeier, Roman (31 August 2011). Islamic Reform and Political Change in Northern Nigeria. Northwestern University Press. ISBN 978-0-8101-2810-1.
^Nwankwor, Emeka (9 December 2020). Buharism: Nigeria's Death Knell. FriesenPress. ISBN 978-1-5255-8324-7.
The YanTatsine was a militant Quranist movement founded by the controversial Nigerian leader Maitatsine that first appeared around the early 1970s. The...
Maitatsine, was a controversial Muslim preacher in Nigeria who founded the YanTatsine, a militant Quranist movement that first appeared around the early 1970s...
Quraniyoon, or 'Yan Kala Kato, are also present in Nigeria. 'Yan Kala Kato is often mistaken for a militant group called YanTatsine (also known as Maitatsine)...
death, YanTatsine riots continued into the early 1980s. In October 1982, riots erupted in Bulumkuttu, near Maiduguri, and in Kaduna, to where many Yan Tatsine...
urban towns during the dry seasons. An offshoot of Islam called the ‘YanTatsine’ violently rebelled against the authorities and non-members. These radical...
Maitatsine himself, and is generally regarded as marking the beginning of the YanTatsine insurgency. Because of this, there was widespread impression that Nigeria's...
Quranism also took on a militant dimension in the 20th century, with the YanTatsine movement, founded by Mohammed Marwa, better known by his nickname Maitatsine...
Maitatsine himself, and is generally regarded as marking the beginning of the YanTatsine. Because of this, there was widespread impression that Nigeria's security...
city in the north of the country, where the Muslim fundamentalist sect YanTatsine ("followers of Maitatsine") instigated riots that resulted in four or...
there was a major Islamic uprising led by Maitatsine and his followers, YanTatsine that led to several thousand deaths. After Maitatsine's death in 1980...
British sponsorship. In December 1980, adherents of Maitatsine, known as YanTatsine, launched an assault on the mosque's attendees during Friday prayers...
Islamic uprising led by Maitatsine (Mohammed Marwa) and his followers, YanTatsine that led to several thousand deaths. After Maitatsine's death in 1980...
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