TY  - GEN
T1  - Shari'ah on trial : Northern Nigeria's Islamic revolution
A1  - Eltantawi, Sarah, 1976-
LA  - English
PP  - Oakland, California
PB  - University of California Press
YR  - 2017
UL  - https://ebooks.jgu.edu.in/Record/jstor_eba_ocn959373674
AB  - 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 Northe
CN  - KTA469.5
SN  - 9780520967144
SN  - 0520967143
SN  - 9780520293779
SN  - 0520293789
SN  - 9780520293786
SN  - 0520293770
KW  - Islamic law : Nigeria, Northern.
KW  - Islamic courts : Nigeria, Northern.
KW  - Islam and politics : Nigeria, Northern.
KW  - Islam and state : Nigeria, Northern.
KW  - Droit islamique : Nigeria (Nord)
KW  - Tribunaux islamiques : Nigeria (Nord)
KW  - Islam et État : Nigeria (Nord)
KW  - LAW : Administrative Law & Regulatory Practice.
KW  - RELIGION : Islam : General.
KW  - Islam and politics
KW  - Islam and state
KW  - Islamic courts
KW  - Islamic law
KW  - Northern Nigeria
KW  - 1990s.
KW  - africa.
KW  - african history.
KW  - african.
KW  - colonial period.
KW  - colonialism.
KW  - death penalty.
KW  - death sentence.
KW  - feminism.
KW  - feminist studies.
KW  - feminist.
KW  - gender equality.
KW  - gender inequality.
KW  - islam.
KW  - islamic.
KW  - journalism.
KW  - muslim.
KW  - nigeria.
KW  - nigerian history.
KW  - nigerian.
KW  - public execution.
KW  - public stoning.
KW  - sensationalism.
KW  - sexual misconduct.
KW  - sexual violence.
KW  - shariah law.
KW  - stoning.
KW  - theology.
KW  - trial.
KW  - western world.
KW  - womens issues.
KW  - womens rights.
ER  -