Islamic criminal law in Northern Nigeria politics, religion, judicial practice /

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Main Author: Weimann, Gunnar Jochen
Corporate Author: ebrary, Inc
Format: Thesis Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press, 2010.
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Table of Contents:
  • ch. 1. Judicial practice in Islamic criminal law in Nigeria : a tentative overview
  • ch. 2. Divine law and local custom in Northern Nigeria Zinā trials
  • ch. 3. Islamic law and Muslim governance in Northern Nigeria : crimes against life, limb and property in shariʹa judicial practice
  • ch. 4. An alternative vision of shariʹa application in Northern Nigeria : Ibrahim Salih's Ḥadd offences in the shariʹa
  • ch. 5. The Fatwā and the beast : Islamic authority and Muslim unity in northern Nigeria in light of the 2002 Miss World Crisis.