Colonialism in Islamic Novels of Najib al-Keilani: A case study of Emalqeh al-Shmal

Colonialism and combat against it is one of the features of Islam that has been shown quite often in the holy Qur’an. Raed Najib Keilani, with more than 30 novels that possess the Islamic essence, has been famed as pioneer of Islamic literature. He is the first writer who has focused on the sufferings of Muslims beyond the boundaries of theArab world and Emalqeh al-Shmal is one such novel. The events of this novel that is narrated by a Muslim named «Osman Aminu» has derived from several historical ominous events associated with the years between 1965 and 1967 that occurred in Nigeria and it exposed malicious intentions of Zionist and British colonialists. It describes the sufferings of Muslims who loss lives and properties while combating colonialists. At the end, it exclusively details about psychological war tactics of Zionists and their propagation policies that were used to weaken the spirit of Muslims in the war famous as “Biafra".