Sharīʻa in Africa today : : reactions and responses / / edited by John Chesworth and Franz Kogelmann.

Sharīʿa in Africa Today. Reactions and Responses explores how Islamic law has influenced relations between Muslims and Christians, through a series of case studies by young African scholars working in four African countries: in Sudan where total Sharīʿa was applied until recently; in Nigeria where t...

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Superior document:Islam in Africa, volume 15
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Place / Publishing House:Leiden, The Netherlands : : Brill,, 2014.
Year of Publication:2020
2014
Edition:1st ed.
Language:English
Series:Islam in Africa ; v. 15.
Physical Description:1 online resource (297 p.)
Notes:Description based upon print version of record.
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Table of Contents:
  • "Sharia and reality": a domain of dontest among Sunni Muslims in the District of Shendi, Northern Sudan / Osman Mohamed Osman Ali
  • Contradicting state ideology in Sudan: Christian-Muslim relations among the internally displaced persons in Khartoum-The Case of Mandela and Wad al-Bashir Camps / Salma Mohamed Abdalmunim Abdalla
  • Debates over interest rate: Sudanese perspectives from 35 years' experience of Islamic banking / Ahmad Elhassab, Umar Elhassab
  • The evolution of the independent sharia panel in Osun State, South-West Nigeria / Abdul-Fatah Kola
  • Makinde "Education is Education": contemporary Muslim views on Muslim women's education in northern Nigeria / Chikas Danfulani
  • 'We Introduced sharia'-the Izala Movement in Nigeria as initiator of sharia-reimplementation in the north of the country: Some Reflections / Ramzi Ben Amara
  • Debates on kadhi's courts and Christian-Muslim relations in Isiolo Town: thematic issues and emergent trends / Halkano Abdi Wario
  • "Necessity removes restrictions": Swahili Muslim women's perspectives on their participation in the public sphere / Esha Faki Mwinyihaji
  • Women's views on the role of kadhi's courts: a case study of Kendu Bay, Kenya / Rebecca Osiro
  • Demand for the re-Introduction of kadhi's courts on the Tanzanian mainland: a religious, social and political analysis / William Andrew Kopwe
  • "Chaos will never have a chance": sharia debates and tolerance in a rrovincial Tanzanian town / Bernardin Mfumbusa.