Enforcing the Shari`ah in Nigeria
The reemergence of the Shari`ah in northern Nigeria in 2000 is reshaping the Muslims’ criminal justice system in unintended ways. This article accounts for and provides fresh insights on how the fate of Muslim women under the Shari`ah intertwines with the uncertain future of the law in Nigeria. Usi...
Guardado en:
| Autor principal: | |
|---|---|
| Formato: | article |
| Lenguaje: | EN |
| Publicado: |
International Institute of Islamic Thought
2009
|
| Materias: | |
| Acceso en línea: | https://doaj.org/article/ae22dd46bd6f4041865166ab46174a7d |
| Etiquetas: |
Agregar Etiqueta
Sin Etiquetas, Sea el primero en etiquetar este registro!
|
| id |
oai:doaj.org-article:ae22dd46bd6f4041865166ab46174a7d |
|---|---|
| record_format |
dspace |
| spelling |
oai:doaj.org-article:ae22dd46bd6f4041865166ab46174a7d2021-12-02T17:49:38ZEnforcing the Shari`ah in Nigeria10.35632/ajis.v26i3.3822690-37332690-3741https://doaj.org/article/ae22dd46bd6f4041865166ab46174a7d2009-07-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.ajis.org/index.php/ajiss/article/view/382https://doaj.org/toc/2690-3733https://doaj.org/toc/2690-3741 The reemergence of the Shari`ah in northern Nigeria in 2000 is reshaping the Muslims’ criminal justice system in unintended ways. This article accounts for and provides fresh insights on how the fate of Muslim women under the Shari`ah intertwines with the uncertain future of the law in Nigeria. Using Emile Durkheim’s theory of conscience collective as an explanatory framework of analysis, I argue that the well-placed objective of using the Shari` ah to reaffirm or create social solidarity among Muslim Nigerians has been undermined by the unequal, harsher punishments and suppression of human rights perpetrated against Muslim women since 2000. A I show, not only does such discrimination violate the principle of natural justice upheld by Islam, but it also threatens to shrink, if not wipe out, the collective conscience of Nigerian Muslims that the law originally sought to advance. Ogechi AnyanwuInternational Institute of Islamic ThoughtarticleIslamBP1-253ENAmerican Journal of Islam and Society, Vol 26, Iss 3 (2009) |
| institution |
DOAJ |
| collection |
DOAJ |
| language |
EN |
| topic |
Islam BP1-253 |
| spellingShingle |
Islam BP1-253 Ogechi Anyanwu Enforcing the Shari`ah in Nigeria |
| description |
The reemergence of the Shari`ah in northern Nigeria in 2000 is reshaping the Muslims’ criminal justice system in unintended ways. This article accounts for and provides fresh insights on how the fate of Muslim women under the Shari`ah intertwines with the uncertain future of the law in Nigeria. Using Emile Durkheim’s theory of conscience collective as an explanatory framework of analysis, I argue that the well-placed objective of using the Shari` ah to reaffirm or create social solidarity among Muslim Nigerians has been undermined by the unequal, harsher punishments and suppression of human rights perpetrated against Muslim women since 2000. A I show, not only does such discrimination violate the principle of natural justice upheld by Islam, but it also threatens to shrink, if not wipe out, the collective conscience of Nigerian Muslims that the law originally sought to advance.
|
| format |
article |
| author |
Ogechi Anyanwu |
| author_facet |
Ogechi Anyanwu |
| author_sort |
Ogechi Anyanwu |
| title |
Enforcing the Shari`ah in Nigeria |
| title_short |
Enforcing the Shari`ah in Nigeria |
| title_full |
Enforcing the Shari`ah in Nigeria |
| title_fullStr |
Enforcing the Shari`ah in Nigeria |
| title_full_unstemmed |
Enforcing the Shari`ah in Nigeria |
| title_sort |
enforcing the shari`ah in nigeria |
| publisher |
International Institute of Islamic Thought |
| publishDate |
2009 |
| url |
https://doaj.org/article/ae22dd46bd6f4041865166ab46174a7d |
| work_keys_str_mv |
AT ogechianyanwu enforcingtheshariahinnigeria |
| _version_ |
1718379427260268544 |