COMPARISONS BETWEEN THE JIHADS OF UTHUMAN DANFORDIO AND OTHER JIHADS
DIFFERENCES Sokoto Jihads were largely to do with intellectualism where Uthuman Danfordio, his brother Abdallah and his son Ahmed Bello acted as idealists, historians, writers and thinkers. This was not the case with other Jihads that emphasized warfare and not even any intellectual components. In Sokoto Jihads after the success of the movement, Uthuman retired from the tedious struggle of the war and politics. He resorted to writing and instructing of officials for the caliphate on the other hand, other Jihadists like Al Hajji Umar never retired but kept on fighting in Tokolor until his death. The Sokoto Jihadists urged that war might be a necessary evil but peace was an essential requirement for the society reformation yet other Jihads especially Tokolor Jihads believed in minister rather than an intellectual approach. Uthuman was more concerned with Jihads being organised according to the strict teachings and dictates of Sharia and the people had to follow the same princ...