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Democratization and Islamic Law: The Sharia Conflict in Nigeria | 
 enlarge | Author: Johannes Harnischfeger
Publisher: Campus Verlag
Category: Book
Buy New: $47.69
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Sales Rank: 958991
Media: Paperback
Pages: 260
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.9
Dimensions (in): 8.4 x 5.6 x 0.8
ISBN: 3593382563
Dewey Decimal Number: 320.55709669
EAN: 9783593382562
ASIN: 3593382563
Publication Date: July 15, 2008
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Product Description
When democracy was introduced to Nigeria in 1999, one third of its federal states declared that they would be governed by sharia, or Islamic law. In Democratization and Islamic Law, Johannes Harnischfeger argues that such a break with secular constitutional traditions in a multi-religious country can have disastrous consequences. The efforts by Islamic politicians to assert their own religious laws, Harnischfeger contends, have driven Muslims and Christians to confrontation. This book is an essential contribution to debates surrounding the increasingly fraught relationship between religion and politics.
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