Sharia in the Nigerian Constitutions: Examining the Constitutional Conferences and the Sharia Debates in the Drafts

The paper examines the socio-ethnic and religious configuration of Nigeria and the nature of Sharia debates in the Nigeria constitutions of 1977/1978; 1988/1989 debates and Constitutional Conference of 1994/1995. The paper argues that the genesis of the Sharia debates can be traced to 1956. The Cons...

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Main Author: Abdulmajeed Hasan-Bello
Format: Article
Language:Arabic
Published: Universitas Islam Negeri Walisongo Semarang 2019-05-01
Series:Al-Ahkam
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Online Access:http://journal.walisongo.ac.id/index.php/ahkam/article/view/3158