La Charia contestée: démocratie, débat et diversité musulmane dans les "Etats Charia" du Nigeria
Many observers assumed that the 1999-2000 reintroduction of sharia penal codes in Northern Nigeria marked the end of democratic debate, a viable public sphere, and Islamic religious diversity in this region. This article argues that, to the contrary, sharia projects have stimulated public debate and...
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| Format: | Print Article |
| Language: | French |
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Ed. Karthala
2007
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La politique africaine
Year: 2007, Issue: 106, Pages: 46-68 |
| Further subjects: | B
Religious identity
B Islam B Islamic law B Islam and politics B Population group B Nigeria B Muslim B Islamization B Religious movement |
| Summary: | Many observers assumed that the 1999-2000 reintroduction of sharia penal codes in Northern Nigeria marked the end of democratic debate, a viable public sphere, and Islamic religious diversity in this region. This article argues that, to the contrary, sharia projects have stimulated public debate and the mobilization of civil society, and have not produced Wahhabi-oriented uniformity in Islamic identity and practice. Rather, Sufi scholars and ritual practices have retained power and influence even within Kano states ambitious campaign to extend and deepen the impact of sharia. (Pol afr/GIGA) |
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| ISSN: | 0244-7827 |
| Contains: | In: La politique africaine
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