Philip Ostien is the editor of The Nigeria Papers, one of the Special Collections on SHARIAsource. The Nigeria Papers is a comprehensive collection of documentary materials and scholarly analysis on … Continue reading Recent Scholarship: Ostien on Nigeria’s Sharīʿa Courts
Early zeal for application of the reinstated Islamic criminal law resulted in two zināʾ cases which attracted worldwide attention in 2001-2003: the cases of Safiyatu Hussaini and Amina Lawal, litigated … Continue reading Sharīʿa Implementation in Northern Nigeria :: Two Famous Cases
These materials document, state by state, what each of the sharīʿa states is doing in respect of the collection and distribution of zakāt and the management of pious endowments (waqf, … Continue reading Sharīʿa Implementation in Northern Nigeria :: Zakāt and Endowments
These materials include the results relating to gender of a perceptions survey carried out in three sharīʿa states in early 2016, which included questions on hisbah and women, zakat and … Continue reading Sharīʿa Implementation in Northern Nigeria :: Women
The sharīʿa states vary widely as to hisbah organizations. Some have none at all, some have informal groups not sanctioned by the state, some have official groups organized under the … Continue reading Sharīʿa Implementation in Northern Nigeria :: Hisbah Groups
A principal aim of sharīʿa implementation was to address the many social ills besetting Nigeria, or, in this case, besetting the Muslim North. This volume documents changes in the law … Continue reading Sharīʿa Implementation in Northern Nigeria :: “Sanitizing Society”
According to the Penal Code of 1960, criminal laws purportedly based on sharīʿa ceased to exist in Northern Nigeria. In 2000, twelve states of Northern Nigeria sought to reintroduce Islamic criminal law, … Continue reading New Resource: Compendium on Islamic Criminal Laws of Northern Nigeria
