scholarly journals Islamic Friday Sermon in Italy: Leaders, Adaptations, and Perspectives

Religions ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 10 (5) ◽  
pp. 312
Author(s):  
Youssef Sbai
Keyword(s):  
Empirical Data ◽  
Participant Observation ◽  
Preliminary Investigation ◽  
North Central ◽  
The North ◽  
Muslim Communities ◽  
Friday Prayer

The focus of this article is to spotlight the ritual frame of the canonical Friday prayer that is organized weekly around midday in places of Islamic worship in Italy. I verify how the Muslim communities in Italy, as a “cognitive minority”, use different strategies related to the performance of the Friday prayer ritual, and I analyze its continuous reframing. During the preliminary investigation I selected seventeen places of worship located in major cities and provincial towns located in the North, Central and South of Italy including Sicily. I have only considered spaces run by Sunni Arabs because they are the majority of Muslims in Italy. In these places I performed the participant observation from October 2016 to July 2017 collecting empirical data and more than a hundred sermons that I analyzed later. I also relied on interviews with preachers and people in charge of these places.

scholarly journals Preliminary Investigation of Seismicity in Parts of North Central Nigeria, Using High Resolution Aeromagnetic Data

2020 ◽  
pp. 1-14
Author(s):  
A. Alkali ◽  
D. U. Alhassan ◽  
O. U. Akpan ◽  
A. A. Adetona ◽  
K. A. Salako ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Fracture Zone ◽  
Preliminary Investigation ◽  
Aeromagnetic Data ◽  
Southeastern Part ◽  
North Central ◽  
North West ◽  
The North ◽  
Basement Rocks ◽  
First Vertical Derivative ◽  
Romanche Fracture Zone

Qualitative analysis of Aeromagnetic data of parts of north central Nigeria had been carried out with the aim to delineate seismic prone areas. The study area is bounded with latitude 9. 00o to 10. 00oN and longitude 7.00o to 9.00oE with an estimated total area of 24,200 km2. Vertical derivatives and upward continuation filters were used to enhances long wavelength anomalies which could give preliminary information about the magnetic structures present in the study area. The total magnetic intensity map shows both positive and negative anomalies with susceptibility ranging from 33487.7 nT to 33800.9 nT. The high magnetic susceptibilities dominated in the basement region around the north-eastern and north-western parts of the study area which corresponds to Naraguta, Jemma and Kafanchan area. Based on the geology of the area this is attributed to granite, schist and migmatite rocks. The low magnetic values are made of sediment deposition also dominates the south-western part of the study area, corresponding to Abuja and Gitata. The area with magnetic susceptibility values ranging between 33506.6 nT and 33653.8 nT indicates alluvium deposite around Bishini and Kachia area. Lineament from First Vertical Derivative trend in the northeast-southwest and east-west directions, which is an extension from Romanche Fracture Zone. Majority of this lineament trends in the same directions as the Romanche Fault Line which continues at 25 km and 30 km into n inferred closure within the study area which is trending along north-west direction. This, closure occurs probably because of the existence of the paleo fracture zone (Romanche Fracture Zone) within the study area. At 40 km and at 80 km a regional trend in the NE-SW direction in (porphyritic) basement rocks. At the northeast and southeastern part of the area which is made up of basement complex that corresponds to areas around Gitata, Kafanchaan and Jemma are prone to tectonic activities while the southwestern part of the area around Abuja is seismic free. It is suggested that those lineaments identified, most especially at the southeastern part could be the reason for the shaking of the subsurface which result into earth tremors.

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