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Title:Sharia and Christianity in Nigeria: Islam and a 'Secular' State
Author:Kenny, JosephISNI
Year:1996
Periodical:Journal of Religion in Africa
Volume:26
Issue:4
Pages:338-364
Language:English
Geographic term:Nigeria
Subjects:Christianity
Islamic movements
Islamic law
Peoples of Africa (Ethnic Groups)
Religion and Witchcraft
Politics and Government
Muslim-Christian relations
Shari'a
External link:https://www.jstor.org/stable/1581837
Abstract:This paper examines shari'a, Islamic revival and confrontation with Christians in Nigeria. The first section pays attention to shari'a in the precolonial and colonial periods, as well as the attitudes towards shari'a of the various governments after independence. This is followed by an examination of the major Muslim associations and societies in Nigeria. In the second section attention is paid to the debate between Muslims and Christians over the place of shari'a during the preparation for the Constitutive Assembly of 1979; the debate over Nigeria's membership of the Organization of Islamic Conference (OIC), an organization which 'seeks to propagate Islam and acquaint the rest of the world with Islam, its issues and aspirations'; a number of violent confrontations between Christians and Muslims which took place between 1982 and 1992 and the social background to Muslim-Christian tension; and the influence of the political situation in 1992-1996 on Christian-Muslim relations. Ref.
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