Democratization and Islamic Law: The Sharia Conflict in NigeriaWhen democracy was introduced to Nigeria in 1999, one third of its federal states declared that they would be governed by sharia, or Islamic law. In Democratization and Islamic Law, Johannes Harnischfeger argues that such a break with secular constitutional traditions in a multi-religious country can have disastrous consequences. The efforts by Islamic politicians to assert their own religious laws, Harnischfeger contends, have driven Muslims and Christians to confrontation. This book is an essential contribution to debates surrounding the increasingly fraught relationship between religion and politics.
|
Contents
Religious and Ethnic Supremacy | 42 |
The End of the Secular | 82 |
Sharia as a Means of Political | 115 |
Sharia as a CounterModel | 155 |
Sharia Controversies among | 188 |
Secularism | 216 |
Dialogue on Human Rights Identification with Global Communities A Changing Christianity | 223 |
8 | 238 |
Common terms and phrases
Abacha Abubakar Abuja administration Africa Ahmadu Bello Ahmed Sani authorities Babangida Bakassi Bernard Lewis British Buhari Caliphate Christian churches citizens civil claim colonial conflicts constitution corrupt debate democracy democratic Economist Economist Intelligence Unit elections elite emirs enforce ethnic and religious ethnic groups European faith federal Fulani Governor Sani Gusau Hausa Hausa-Fulani hisba Hotline Human Rights Watch Igbo interests introduction of Sharia Islamic Criminal Law Islamic Law jihad justice Kaduna Kano Koran Kukah Lagos leaders March militant military minorities moral Muslims Muslims and Christians National Newswatch Niger Delta non-Muslims North Northern Nigeria Obasanjo parties police political politicians population president principles punishments reform regions religion rival rule rulers Sanusi Schacht secular Sharia campaign Sharia Controversy Sharia courts Sharia laws Sharia Penal Code Sharia supporters social society Sokoto Sokoto Caliphate South Tell tion tradition Umar Usman dan Fodio violence Western women Yoruba Zamfara