Shari`ah on Trial - Northern Nigeria`s Islamic Revolution

1. Auflage 2017
ISBN: 978-0-520-29377-9
Verlag: University of California Press

Buch, Englisch, 272 Seiten, Cloth Over Boards, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 666 g

In November of 1999, Nigerians took to the streets demanding the re-implementation of shari'ah law in their country. Two years later, many Nigerians supported the death sentence by stoning of a peasant woman for alleged sexual misconduct. Public outcry in the West was met with assurances to the Western public: stoning is not a part of Islam; stoning happens "only in Africa" reports of stoning are exaggerated by Western sensationalism. However, none of these statements are true. Shari'ah on Trial goes beyond journalistic headlines and liberal pieties to give a powerful account of how Northern Nigerians reached a point of such desperation that they demanded the return of the strictest possible shari'ah law. Sarah Eltantawi analyzes changing conceptions of Islamic theology and practice as well as Muslim and British interactions dating back to the colonial period to explain the resurgence of shari'ah, with implications for Muslim-majority countries around the world.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Eltantawi, Sarah

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Islam & Islamische Studien Geschichte des Islam Geschichte des Islam: 20./21. Jahrhundert
• Rechtswissenschaften Ausländisches Recht Islamisches Recht
• Geisteswissenschaften Islam & Islamische Studien Islamisches Recht
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Geschichte der Revolutionen

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgments
Note on Transliteration
Chronology
Map of Northern Nigeria

Introduction

1. A Revolution for Shari?ah
2. Hausaland’s Islamic Modernity
3. Origins of the Stoning Punishment
4. Colonialism: Then and Now
5. The Trial of Amina Lawal
6. Gender and the Western Reaction to the Case

Notes
References
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Sarah Eltantawi is Associate Professor of Theology at Fordham University in New York City.