TY - MANSCPT AU - Weimann,Gunnar Jochen ED - ebrary, Inc. TI - Islamic criminal law in Northern Nigeria: politics, religion, judicial practice AV - KTA3800 .W45 2010eb PY - 2010/// CY - Amsterdam PB - Amsterdam University Press KW - Criminal law (Islamic law) KW - Nigeria, Northern KW - Politics and government KW - Electronic books KW - local N1 - Thesis (doctoral)--Universiteit van Amsterdam, 2010; Includes bibliographical references; ch. 1. Judicial practice in Islamic criminal law in Nigeria : a tentative overview -- ch. 2. Divine law and local custom in Northern Nigeria Zinā trials -- ch. 3. Islamic law and Muslim governance in Northern Nigeria : crimes against life, limb and property in shariʹa judicial practice -- ch. 4. An alternative vision of shariʹa application in Northern Nigeria : Ibrahim Salih's Ḥadd offences in the shariʹa -- ch. 5. The Fatwā and the beast : Islamic authority and Muslim unity in northern Nigeria in light of the 2002 Miss World Crisis; Electronic reproduction; Palo Alto, Calif.; ebrary; 2011; Available via World Wide Web; Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries UR - http://site.ebrary.com/lib/daystar/Doc?id=10443031 ER -