Al-Hayat Relief Foundation was established as a non-governmental organization (NGO) about seventeen years ago purposely to alleviate poverty among Nigerian Muslims. The organization claims to have adopted Islamic framework of financing. This paper assessed the economic and social impacts of the foundation on its members. It also examined the extent by which the foundation complies with the principles of Islamic economic system. Three hypotheses were designed to assess the variables and the Shariah compliance programmes of the foundation. The paper adopted a descriptive research survey method. A self-developed questionnaire was the instrument used for data collection. Descriptive analysis was used to analyze the data collected from the responses to the questionnaire. Using SPSS 2011 version package, Pearson’s correlation analysis was used for the verification of null hypotheses. The findings revealed that the foundation contributes meaningfully to the economic and social well being of.....

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This paper is aimed to investigate causes of moribund enrolment problems of students in Islamic Studies using Ogun State, Nigeria as a case study. The study focused on 520 students of 42 secondary schools. This included students of Islamic Studies and other Muslim students who did not register for Islamic Studies. Measurement scale was tested using Cronbach’s Alpha reliability. This was further subjected to factor analysis for construct and content validity. Researchers thereafter conducted confirmatory factor analysis to establish earlier findings of factor analysis. The study ended with path analysis which the researchers found more robust than multiple regression analysis. Final analysis confirmed five causes of moribund enrolment problems of students in Islamic Studies. Out of these, Job marketability was identified as the main cause which if addressed would solve or reduce the problem to a lower level. Researchers noted however that this could not be achieved without improvement.....

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