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

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...

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主要作者: Eltantawi, Sarah, 1976- (Author)
格式: Licensed eBooks
语言:英语
出版: Oakland, California : University of California Press [2017]
在线阅读:https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1525/j.ctt1m3p0h2
书本目录:
  • A revolution for Shar'iah
  • Stoning and sovereignty: 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.