ABSTRACT
The research is an analysis of the Role of Islamic Knowledge in Combating Crime in the North-West Geo-Political Zone of Nigeria. The study was conducted through the use of survey research involving quantitative method. The data was collected from the respondents by means of Islamic Knowledge Combating Crime Questionnaire (IKCCQ). The population of this study comprised the Muslims in North Western zone of the country. A total of three states, Kano, Sokoto and Kaduna, were selected. The random sampling technique was adopted. A total of 900 respondents were sampled across the three States and a test with reliability coefficient of r=0.78 was carried out to determine the reliability of the instrument used for gathering the data. One major research question and a null hypothesis made in the work are; how does the objective of Islamic knowledge affect crime prevention in Kaduna, Kano and Sokoto states respectively? And there is no significant difference in the respondents' views in the objective of Islamic Knowledge on crime prevention and control on the basis of their state. A total of six research questions were answered with item means, standard deviations, standard errors and item frequencies. Also, a total of six null hypotheses were tested using the Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) to find differences in respondents' perception on the basis of their state. All hypotheses were tested at 0.05 level of significance. The study found amongst others that Islamic Knowledge has attributes in combating crime in the North-West geopolitical zone of Nigeria. It was recommended amongst others that workshops, seminars or conferences should be organized at different levels by the different tiers of government, Islamic organizations, NGOs to synthesize the society on the need for an increase in the propagation of Islamic knowledge as it could have an impact in combating crime in the region and beyond.