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Introduction Introduction
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Legal and Political Contexts Legal and Political Contexts
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Islamic Law and Common Law Islamic Law and Common Law
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Secularism, Multireligiosity, and State Religion Secularism, Multireligiosity, and State Religion
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States’ Rights States’ Rights
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Written Law Written Law
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Freedom of Religion Freedom of Religion
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Civil and Human Rights Civil and Human Rights
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The Northern Ummah and Islamic Doctrine The Northern Ummah and Islamic Doctrine
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The Northern Ummah and the Common Good The Northern Ummah and the Common Good
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A Northern Muslim Coalition for Expanded Sharia A Northern Muslim Coalition for Expanded Sharia
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Concluding Remarks Concluding Remarks
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Notes Notes
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References References
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24 In the Trenches with Fela: Reassessing Protest Political Music Culture before the Fourth Republic
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14 Sharia Politics, the 1999 Constitution, and the Rise of the Fourth Republic
Get accessOlufemi Vaughan is the Alfred Sargent Lee & Mary Ames Lee Professor of Black Studies at Amherst College. He is the author of many books, including Religion and the Making of Nigeria (2016), which won a 2017 Nigerian Studies Association Book Prize.
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Published:07 November 2018
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Abstract
Analyzed in the context of the protracted sharia crisis that dominated Nigeria’s fourth attempt at civil democratic government (the Fourth Republic), this chapter provides historical, political, and constitutional context for the challenges posed by expanded sharia to modern governance in Nigeria. Drawing on a distinctive interdisciplinary perspective that engages entrenched traditional structures in Muslim Northern Nigeria, the chapter underscores the challenges of modern governance in this critical region of the country. Specifically, the chapter discusses how the expanded sharia policies of twelve northern Nigerian Muslim states are not only embedded in Islamic structures, practices, doctrines, and discourse in the region, but also reflect fierce contestations for state power among Nigeria’s ethno-regional political classes. Finally, the chapter analyzes the implications of expanded sharia for Nigeria’s modern constitutional development that seek to advance liberal traditions such as civil rights, state rights, freedom of religion, and secularism.
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