An Assessment Of Secondary School Students Enrolment Of Islamic Studies In Ssc Examinations In Abeokuta From 2012-2016
[CASE STUDY OF ABEOKUTA SOUTH, LOCAL GOVERNMENT OGUN STATE]

CHAPTER TWO
REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE
    This chapter reviewed relevance literature that related to this study under the following sub-heading
1.    Advent of Islam in Abeokuta
2.    Concept of Islamic Education
3.    The Objective of Islamic Religious Studies
4.    Islamic Studies and Senior  School Certificate Examination
5.    Appraisal of Literature Reviewed
Advent of Islam in Abeokuta
    Abeokuta which is the capital of Ogun state sicne 1976 had felt the impact of Islam before the creation of Ogun State. People of ABEOKUTA  was know as EGBA who were people of civilization as at 1830 in all spheres of life before the advent of colonial master (Adegbite A.L  2015).
    According to Adewale (1976), Islam entered Abeokuta when the Owu invited two Ilorin base Muslim clerics to Owu Quarters (Adewale, 1976, PP. 11-14). Thus the advent of Islam in Abeokuta was an open secret and a planned affair (Salaam, 1985). Adewale (1976) speculates further that it was possible that Owu chiefs had come into contact with Islam earlier during their habitation in the Egba forest before migration in Abeokuta.
    It is important to note that wherever Islam spread it spreads with rudimentary knowledge of Arabic language and Islamic Education (Hunwik, 1995).
    Islam came to Abeokuta through Ilugun Isale-Ogun and the mosques ever built in Abeokuta called Onjoko Mosque. It was this Mosque that was used for performing the Jumu’at services for long a period but Islam was not widely spread by then.
    Later on Islam began to spread. It extended to an area called Oke-Aleji by one Islamic teacher Alfa Suleiman from Bida a Nupe (Tapa) by tribe. By the time he came he was famous as a preacher. The man who assisted this Alfa was Mallam Umar who was also living at Oke-Aleji.
    The Muslim then began to increase in number consisting many tribes, it was this area that Islam was best established as it was now boast many Alhaji’s and Islamic studies teachers, which were later joined by others Muhammed (1999).
    Imam Jamiu (1999) in an oral interview stated “Islam was brought to Abeokuta in 1836 by a scholar called Onjoko who came form Ilorin, with the effort of scholar like Alfa Sulaimon, Mohammed A. Alewugberu, Alfa Kokewu-Kobere and others. Muhammed (1999)
    Islam penetrated into various areas of Abeokuta. As a result Arabic language and Islamic education started in Abeokuta at that very particular year, whereby Muslim children were gathered together and taught them Qur’anic education and other principles of Islam. Muhammad (1999)
    The first Arabic and Islamic lesson in Abeokuta took place inside the first Mosque built at a place called Ojokodo under Egba Oke-Ona. As Islam spread to other areas Islamic and Arabic Education also spread with it. Muhammad (1999)