Abstract:
The radical situation in Nigeria presently is something to be worried about since there are incessant acts of criminality, crisis, corruption, and so on to the extent that it is almost very difficult to single out an individual or a sector that is free from one act of radicalisation or the other. Nigeria has been inundated with sad news of killings, maiming, armed robbery activities, arson, communal, tribal, political, or religious clashes, kidnapping, and so on. It can be concluded that radicalisation occurs when the heart and/or soul is corrupt, as a result of which the thought is also affected negatively. This, therefore, calls for deradicalisation of such heart and/or soul accordingly. Consequently, various methods of deradicalisation have been used, not only in Nigeria but also in other parts of the world where they experience various types of radicalism, without success. Meanwhile, Islam recommends da‘wah as the best remedy for prevention and cure of all forms of radicalisation since it appeals to the heart and/or soul generally. One of the most popular Muslim organisations in the world is the Muslim Brotherhood, whose ultimate aim is to restore the lost Islamic government and caliphate onto the surface of the earth as it was. In order to achieve this goal, the organisation designed some spiritual and mundane training programmes based on what it believes to be in agreement with the prophetic syllabus in training the companions. This study seeks to examine the approach of the Muslim Brotherhood organisation towards recruiting and training its members to achieve its aim. It, therefore, studies the organisation’s recruiting and training programmes for the deradicalisation of the Nigerian Muslim community only.