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Weimann, Gunnar Jochen.

Islamic criminal law in Northern Nigeria politics, religion, judicial practice / [electronic resource] : Gunnar Jochen Weimann. - Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press, 2010. - 204 p.

Thesis (doctoral)--Universiteit van Amsterdam, 2010.

Includes bibliographical references.

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.


Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.


Summary in English and Dutch.

ISBN:

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Criminal law (Islamic law)--Nigeria, Northern.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Nigeria, Northern--Politics and government.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Electronic books.

LC Class. No.: KTA3800 / .W45 2010