Mohammed Marwa Maitatsine
- Mohammed Marwa Maitatsine
Mohammed Marwa Maitatsine (died 1980) was an Islamic scholar in Nigeria. He was originally from Marwa in northern Cameroon. After his education he moved to Kano, Nigeria in about 1945, where he became known for his controversial preachings on the Qur'an. His dissent was disliked by the government, and he was exiled to Cameroon in the early 1960s. He returned to Kano and by 1972 he had a notable and increasingly militaristic following. In 1975 he was again arrested by Nigerian police for slander and public abuse of political authorities. But in that period he began to receive acceptance from religious authorities, especially after making hajj, the Muslim pilgrimage to Mecca. As his following increased in the 1970s, so did the number of confrontations between his adherents and the police. His preaching attracted largely a following of youths, unemployed migrants, and those who felt that mainstream Muslim teachers were not doing enough for their communities. Maitatsine claimed to be a prophet. ["The Maitatsine Risings in Nigeria 1980-85: A Revolt of the Disinherited" by Elizabeth Isichei [http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0022-4200(198710)17%3A3%3C194%3ATMRIN1%3E2.0.CO%3B2-Z] ] . He was killed by Nigerian security forces in 1980 during the Kano insurrection.
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