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Author:   Gunnar Weimann
Publisher:   Vossiuspers UvA
Imprint:   Vossiuspers UvA
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 1.10cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   0.353kg
ISBN:  

9789056296551

ISBN 10:   9056296558
Pages:   204
Publication Date:   17 December 2010
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Adult education ,  Professional & Vocational ,  Further / Higher Education
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Out of print, replaced by POD  
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Table of Contents

Table of Contents - 6[-]Acknowledgments - 8[-]Introduction - 10[-]Ch1. Judicial Practice in Islamic Criminal Law in Nigeria - A Tentative Overview[-] - 16[-]Ch2. Divine Law and Local Custom in Northern Nigerian Zina Trials[-] - 56[-]Ch3. Islamic Law and Muslim Governance in Northern Nigeria: crimes against life, limb and property in sharia judicial practice[-] - 84[-]Ch4. An Alternative Vision of Sharia Application in Northern Nigeria: Ibrahim Salih's add offences in the sharia[-] - 120[-]Ch5. The Fatwa and the Beast: Islamic authority and Muslim unity in northern Nigeria in light of the 2002 Miss World Crisis[-] - 148[-]Conclusion - 172[-]Appendix: Identified trials under Islamic criminal law[-] - 174[-]Bibliography - 192[-]Summary - 202[-]Samenvatting - 204

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"""Everyone interested in shari’a law in northern Nigeria should read this book."" - Murray Last, Journal of Religion in Africa"

Everyone interested in shari'a law in northern Nigeria should read this book. - Murray Last, Journal of Religion in Africa

Everyone interested in shari'a law in northern Nigeria should read this book. - Murray Last, Journal of Religion in Africa

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Gunnar J. Weimann studied translation for Arabic and French at Leipzig University (Germany) and worked in Nigeria from 2002 to 2004 as a diplomat

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