Shariacracy and Federal Models in the Era of Globalization

Nigeria has Africa’s largest concentration of Muslims and the world’s largest concentration of black Muslims. As the twenty first century began to unfold, more Muslim states in the Nigerian federation adopted some version of Islamic law, although the country as a whole is supposed to be secularist....

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Main Author:	Ali M. Mazrui
Format:	article
Language:	EN
Published:	International Institute of Islamic Thought 2009
Subjects:	Islam BP1-253
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:724a4e5cc5fd4445bacb68d23e893afe2021-12-02T19:41:40ZShariacracy and Federal Models in the Era of Globalization10.35632/ajis.v26i3.3832690-37332690-3741https://doaj.org/article/724a4e5cc5fd4445bacb68d23e893afe2009-07-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.ajis.org/index.php/ajiss/article/view/383https://doaj.org/toc/2690-3733https://doaj.org/toc/2690-3741 Nigeria has Africa’s largest concentration of Muslims and the world’s largest concentration of black Muslims. As the twenty first century began to unfold, more Muslim states in the Nigerian federation adopted some version of Islamic law, although the country as a whole is supposed to be secularist. The Shari`ah in northern Nigeria, which became a passionate protest against the political and economic marginalization of northern Muslims, is also sometimes a form of cultural resistance to western education and the wider forces of globalization. One systemic problem posed by shariacracy as a mode of governance is whether a federal system can accommodate theocracy at the state level and still be a secular state at a federal level. Nigeria has a religious form of asymmetrical federalism that contrasts with the linguistic form of asymmetrical federalism successfully practiced in Switzerland. Ali M. MazruiInternational Institute of Islamic ThoughtarticleIslamBP1-253ENAmerican Journal of Islam and Society, Vol 26, Iss 3 (2009)
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description	Nigeria has Africa’s largest concentration of Muslims and the world’s largest concentration of black Muslims. As the twenty first century began to unfold, more Muslim states in the Nigerian federation adopted some version of Islamic law, although the country as a whole is supposed to be secularist. The Shari`ah in northern Nigeria, which became a passionate protest against the political and economic marginalization of northern Muslims, is also sometimes a form of cultural resistance to western education and the wider forces of globalization. One systemic problem posed by shariacracy as a mode of governance is whether a federal system can accommodate theocracy at the state level and still be a secular state at a federal level. Nigeria has a religious form of asymmetrical federalism that contrasts with the linguistic form of asymmetrical federalism successfully practiced in Switzerland.
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Shariacracy and Federal Models in the Era of Globalization

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