Islamizing Women’s Education: Sharia Commissions and Women’s Religious Education in Northern Nigeria

The re-introduction of Sharia in northern Nigeria since 1999 has occasioned an intensification of Islamic religious education. The establishment of Sharia Commissions in the Sharia states to monitor Islamic institutions has also provided the opportunity to found new Islamic schools as well as reinvi...

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Main Author: Danfulani, Chikas (Author)
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Language:English
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Published: Common Ground Publishing 2011
In: The international journal of religion and spirituality in society
Year: 2011, Volume: 1, Issue: 2, Pages: 171-180
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