A History Of The Application Of Islamic Law In Nigeria

Author : Yushau Sodiq
Publisher : Springer
Page : 168 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2017-01-20
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9783319506005

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A History of the Application of Islamic Law in Nigeria by Yushau Sodiq Pdf

This work analyzes the history of the application of Islamic law (Shari`ah) in Nigeria. It analyzes how Islamic law emerged in Nigeria toward the beginning of the 19th century and remained applicable until the arrival of the British Colonial regime in Northern Nigeria in 1903. It sheds light on how the law survived colonial rule and continues until today. Dr. Yushau Sodiq analyzes progressive elements in Islamic law over the past two centuries. He goes on to discuss many objections raised by the Nigerian Christians against the application of Islamic law, as well as how Muslims respond to such criticism. In a world that is often saturated with Islamophobia and ignorant misconceptions about Islam, this book aims to clarify and respond to many important concepts and ideas within Islamic religious tradition.

Author : Abdulmalik Bappa Mahmud
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 76 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 1988
Category : Courts, Islamic
ISBN : UCAL:B3695026

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A Brief History of Shari'ah in the Defunct Northern Nigeria by Abdulmalik Bappa Mahmud Pdf

Author : Ricardo René Laremont
Publisher : Africa Research and Publications
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Christianity
ISBN : 1592218067

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Islamic Law and Politics in Northern Nigeria by Ricardo René Laremont Pdf

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.

Author : Balarabe Abubakar Tafawa Balewa
Publisher : Fourth Dimension Publishing Company
Page : 124 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Law
ISBN : UVA:X004698916

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Common Law and Sharia in Nigeria by Balarabe Abubakar Tafawa Balewa Pdf

This work was written 1989 and published for the first time in 2002. The author's intention is to inform even-handedly, national and international debates about the misunderstandings surrounding the Sharia and common legal systems in Nigeria. Balewa broadly discusses Western and Islamic philosophical backgrounds of law, relationships between law, politics and religion in society, and concepts of secularism and secularity. He traces the history and schools of Sharia law, and the sources of common law in Nigeria, and its comparative religious and colonial foundations. He further appraises two views of the controversy: namely, whether Sharia law, as a fully-fledged legal system, should be reflected in the Nigerian constitution - or not, given its contentious religious content; and he states the case against Sharia. His conclusion is that in view of the status quo, and the multi-ethnic, mulit-religious nature of Nigerian society, there is a need for understanding of the truths of both systems; and to find appropriate means of ensuring their equality and peaceful co-existence.

Author : Syed Khalid Rashid
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 338 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 1986
Category : Islamic law
ISBN : STANFORD:36105044268493

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Islamic Law in Nigeria by Syed Khalid Rashid Pdf

Author : J. N. D. Anderson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 434 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : History
ISBN : UOM:39015079329010

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Islamic Law in Africa by J. N. D. Anderson Pdf

Originally published in 1955.In many parts of Africa three different systems of laws are concurrently applied - the imported "Colonial" law, the indigenous customary law and Islamic law. In some countries the customary and the Islamic law are kept separate and distinct, while in others they are fused into a single system. This volume represents a unique survey of the extent to which Islamic law is in fact applied in those parts of East and West Africa which were at one time under British administration. It examines the relevant legislation and case law, much of which has never appeared in any Law Reports; the judges and courts which apply it and the problems to which its application give rise.

Author : Philip Ostien,Jamila M. Nasir,Franz Kogelmann
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 452 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : History
ISBN : UOM:39015062901726

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Comparative Perspectives on Shariʻah in Nigeria by Philip Ostien,Jamila M. Nasir,Franz Kogelmann Pdf

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.

Author : Philip Ostien
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 198 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Islam and politics
ISBN : STANFORD:36105131921665

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Sharia Implementation in Northern Nigeria 1999-2006: Historical background by Philip Ostien Pdf

In addition to the complete text of the work as published by Spectrum, this Internet edition includes additional documentary materials too voluminous for inclusion in the printed text. For complete details see the tables of contents to the individual volumes.

Author : Johannes Harnischfeger
Publisher : Campus Verlag
Page : 284 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Law
ISBN : 9783593382562

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Democratization and Islamic Law by Johannes Harnischfeger Pdf

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

Author : Muhammed Tawfiq Ladan
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Children
ISBN : UOM:39015070754414

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A Handbook on Sharia Implementation in Northern Nigeria by Muhammed Tawfiq Ladan Pdf

Author : Gunnar J. Weimann
Publisher : Amsterdam University Press
Page : 205 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Law
ISBN : 9789056296551

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Islamic Criminal Law in Northern Nigeria by Gunnar J. Weimann Pdf

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.

Author : Noel Coulson
Publisher : Edinburgh University Press
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2014-03-11
Category : Law
ISBN : 9780748696499

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History of Islamic Law by Noel Coulson Pdf

The classic introduction to Islamic law, tracing its development from its origins,through the medieval period, to its place in modern Islam.

Author : Sarah Eltantawi
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 270 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2017-03-28
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780520293786

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Shari'ah on Trial by Sarah Eltantawi Pdf

"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. [This book provides an] account of how Northern Nigerians reached a point of such desperation that they demanded the return of the strictest possible Shari'ah law. [The author] 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."--

Author : Lena Salaymeh
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 257 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2016-11-14
Category : History
ISBN : 9781107133020

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The Beginnings of Islamic Law by Lena Salaymeh Pdf

This is a major and innovative contribution to our understanding of the historical unfolding of Islamic law. Scrutinizing its historical contexts, Salaymeh proposes that Islamic law is a continuous intermingling of innovation and tradition. The book's interdisciplinary approach provides accessible explanations and translations of complex materials and ideas.

Author : Rudolph Peters
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 726 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2020-08-03
Category : Law
ISBN : 9789004420625

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Shariʿa, Justice and Legal Order by Rudolph Peters Pdf

Shariʿa, Justice and Legal Order: Egyptian and Islamic Law: Selected Essays by Rudolph Peters is about legal practice, both Shariʿa and state law. Its principal themes are legal order and the actual application of law in the Ottoman and more recent periods