Political Sharia Numan Rights And Islamic Law In Northern Nigeria
Author :
Publisher : Human Rights Watch
Page : 115 pages
File Size : 48,65 MB
Release : 2004
Category : Freedom of religion
ISBN :
Islamic Criminal Law in Northern Nigeria
Author : Gunnar J. Weimann
Publisher : Amsterdam University Press
Page : 205 pages
File Size : 21,46 MB
Release : 2010
Category : Law
ISBN : 9056296558
Book Description
Annotation. In 2000 and 2001, twelve northern states of the Federal Republic of Nigeria introduced Islamic criminal law as one of a number of measures aiming at "reintroducing the shari'a." Immediately after its adoption, defendants were sentenced to death by stoning or to amputation of the hand. Apart from a few well publicised trials, however, the number and nature of cases tried under Islamic criminal law are little known. Based on a sample of trials, the present thesis discusses the introduction of Islamic criminal law and the evolution of judicial practice within the regions historical, cultural, political and religious context. The introduction of Islamic criminal law was initiated by politicians and supported by Muslim reform groups, but its potential effects were soon mitigated on higher judicial levels and aspects of the law were contained by local administrators. This title can be previewed in Google Books - http://books.google.com/books?vid=ISBN9789056296551.
"Political Shari'a"?
Author : Carina Tertsakian
Publisher :
Page : pages
File Size : 25,41 MB
Release : 2004
Category :
ISBN :
Book Description
Muslims Talking Politics
Author : Brandon Kendhammer
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 317 pages
File Size : 26,27 MB
Release : 2016-06-22
Category : History
ISBN : 022636903X
Book Description
Sharia implementation and democratic discourse in Northern Nigeria -- What we talk about when we talk about Islam and democracy -- Envisioning sharia, imagining the past -- Democracy, federalism, and the sharia question -- Sharia in a time of transition -- Framing sharia and democracy -- Muslims talking politics -- All sharia is local: islamic law and democracy in practice.
A Handbook on Sharia Implementation in Northern Nigeria
Author : Muhammed Tawfiq Ladan
Publisher :
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 35,42 MB
Release : 2005
Category : Children
ISBN :
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Democratization and Islamic Law
Author : Johannes Harnischfeger
Publisher : Campus Verlag
Page : 284 pages
File Size : 44,4 MB
Release : 2008
Category : Law
ISBN : 3593382563
Book Description
When democracy was introduced to Nigeria in 1999, one-third of its federal states declared that they would be governed by sharia, or Islamic law. This work argues that such a break with secular constitutional traditions in a multireligious country can have disastrous consequences
Comparative Perspectives on Shariʻah in Nigeria
Author : Philip Ostien
Publisher :
Page : 452 pages
File Size : 13,68 MB
Release : 2005
Category : History
ISBN :
Book Description
A timely publication when the need for greater understanding between Islamic and Western cultures is sharper than ever, the papers in this book are the result of an international conference entitled 'the Shari'ah debate and the shaping of Muslim and Christian identities in Northern Nigeria'. The conference was convened by the University of Jos in northern Nigeria in the wake of the religious/civil strife in the area in 2001 and 2002. The conference, which brought together scholars from Nigeria and overseas considered recent developments in law and religion, and shari'ah from local and global perspectives. The publication is intended to serve as an example of constructive dialogue in an academic setting between Muslims, Christians and those of neither religion, and as a permanent contribution to the literature on law and religion in Nigeria.
Islamic Law and Politics in Northern Nigeria
Author : Ricardo René Laremont
Publisher : Africa Research and Publications
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 28,60 MB
Release : 2011
Category : Christianity
ISBN : 9781592218066
Book Description
Examines the case of Islamic law in Nigeria through a comparative lens by probing the meaning of justice in Islamic, Jewish, Continental European and Anglo-American law and by contrasting Nigeria's experience of sharia law with the versions practised in Iran, Saudi Arabia, Indonesia, Malaysia and Sudan. Islamic Law and Politics in Northern Nigeria examines these legal and political issues from a long-term perspective, thereby acquainting the reader with the essentially uninterrupted application of Islamic law.
Human Rights and Shariah Penal Code in Northern Nigeria
Author :
Publisher :
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 19,52 MB
Release : 2005
Category : Criminal law (Islamic law)
ISBN :
Book Description
Shari'ah on Trial
Author : Sarah Eltantawi
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 270 pages
File Size : 48,77 MB
Release : 2017-03-28
Category : Law
ISBN : 0520293789
Book Description
In November of 1999, Nigerians took to the streets demanding the re-implementation of shari'ah law in their country. Two years later, many Nigerians supported the death sentence by stoning of a peasant woman for alleged sexual misconduct. Public outcry in the West was met with assurances to the Western public: stoning is not a part of Islam; stoning happens "only in Africa"; reports of stoning are exaggerated by Western sensationalism. However, none of these statements are true. Shari'ah on Trial goes beyond journalistic headlines and liberal pieties to give a powerful account of how Northern Nigerians reached a point of such desperation that they demanded the return of the strictest possible shari'ah law. Sarah Eltantawi analyzes changing conceptions of Islamic theology and practice as well as Muslim and British interactions dating back to the colonial period to explain the resurgence of shari'ah, with implications for Muslim-majority countries around the world.
