Selefîlerin el-Velâ ve'l-Berâ (Dostluk ve Düşmanlık) Kavramı ve Nijerya'daki Dinlerarası Diyalog Üzerindeki Etkileri

Year 2025, Volume: 8 Issue: 2, 139 - 172, 31.12.2025

Mujahid Hamza Shıtu

https://doi.org/10.54659/ulum.1668525

Abstract

20 yüzyılın ikinci yarısında Vahhâbî/Selefî açılımları, Nijerya'daki Müslüman-Hristiyan ilişkilerine yeni bir boyut kazandırdı. Bu olguyu inceleyen araştırmacılar, bu özelliğin derinlemesine incelenmesini nadiren yapmaktadırlar; ancak yazarlar, Vahhâbî ideolojisini temsil eden İzala Hareketi'ne fundamentalizm atfetmişlerdir. Bununla birlikte, Selefî kanonunun o zamanlar Nijerya'da dinlerarası krizi etkileyecek kadar iyi ifade edilmediği, öncelikle İslam'ı içten arındırmayı amaçladığı için Müslümanlar arası çatışmaları körüklediği belirtilmelidir. Yüzlerce Nijeryalı alimin Orta Doğu üniversitelerinden ve özellikle Medine İslam Üniversitesi'nden dönüşü, Selefî kanonları hakkında hararetli tartışmaları popüler hale getirdi. Tartışma yaratan kavramlardan biri, Nijerya'nın Hristiyan vatandaşlarıyla dinlerarası diyalogdur. Birçoğu bu karşılaşmalara katılımı açıkça inançsızlık olarak damgalamış ve Müslüman diyalogcuları yeni bir dinin destekleyicileri olarak kınamıştır. İşin özü, el-Velâ ve'l-Berâ'yı reddetmesidir. Bu araştırma, muhalefetlerini Selefî kanonuna dayandıran Nijerya'daki dinlerarası diyalog Müslüman savunucularının ve muhaliflerinin karşıt argümanlarını ve bunun Nijeryalılar arasında dini yakınlığa bakılmaksızın uyumlu bir arada yaşama üzerindeki etkilerini analiz etmektedir.

Keywords

İslami Mezhepler , Selefizm , Dinlerarası Diyalog , Nijerya , el-Velâ ve , Müslüman-Hristiyan İlişkileri

The Salafī Notion of al-Walā’ wa-l- Barā’ (Loyalty and Disavowal) and its implications on Interfaith Dialogue in Nigeria

Abstract

The Wahhābī/ Salafī outreaches in the second half of the 20th century brought about a new dimension to Muslim-Christian relations in Nigeria. Researchers who studied the phenomenon, seldom make in-depth examination of this characteristic, nonetheless, writers ascribed fundamentalism to the Izala Movement which represents the Wahhābī ideology. It is however, noteworthy that the Salafī canon was not well articulated in Nigeria at that time to influence interreligious crisis, though it instigated intra-Muslim conflicts, since its primary aim is to purify Islam from within. The return of hundreds of Nigerian scholars from Middle Eastern universities, and more specifically from the Islamic University of Medina, popularised heated debates about the Salafī canons. One of the notions that is generating controversies is inter-faith dialogue with the Christian co-citizens of Nigeria. Many have branded participation in the encounters as outright disbelief and have castigated Muslim dialoguers as promoters of a new religion. The bottom line is that it negates al-Walā’ wa-l- Barā’. This research analyses the countering arguments of the Muslim exponents and opponents of inter-faith dialogue in Nigeria who based their opposition on the Salafī canon, and its implications on harmonious coexistence among Nigerians irrespective of religious affinity.

Keywords

Islamic Sects , Salafism , Inter-Faith Dialogue , Nigeria , al-Walā’ wa-l- Barā’ , Muslim-Christian Relations

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