Shari'ah on trial : Northern Nigeria's Islamic revolution / Sarah Eltantawi.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Eltantawi, Sarah, 1976- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Islamic law--Nigeria, Northern.

Islamic law.

Islamic courts--Nigeria, Northern.

Islamic courts.

Islam and politics--Nigeria, Northern.

Islam and politics.

Islam and state--Nigeria, Northern.

Islam and state.

Northern Nigeria.

Physical Description:

xv, 253 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2017]

Summary:

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.

Contents:

A revolution for Shar'iah

Hausaland's Islamic modernity

Origins of the stoning punishment

Colonialism: then and now

The trial of Amina lawal

Gender and the Western reaction to the case.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Eltantawi, Sarah, 1976- author. Shari'ah on trial.

ISBN:

9780520293779

0520293770

9780520293786

0520293789

OCLC:

959200525