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Sharia Implementation in Northern Nigeria

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This work of documentation and analysis was published in 2007 by Spectrum Books Limited:

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© Philip Ostien; all rights reserved.

First published 2007

Publication of this book has been made possible by a grant from Cordaid, Lutherse Burgwal 10, 2515 CD The Hague, The Netherlands, www.cordaid.nl.

ISBN: 978-978-029-837-1

Published price of the complete set of five volumes: US$125 plus postage. The work can be purchased online at the website of the publisher.

Preamble to the online version

The University of Bayreuth is pleased to republish these volumes here, by permission of Philip Ostien and of Spectrum Books, to facilitate access by students and scholars everywhere.

In addition to the complete text of the work as published by Spectrum, this Internet edition includes additional documentary materials too voluminous for inclusion in the printed text. For complete details see the tables of contents to the individual volumes.

Several more chapters – on “Court Reorganisation”, “Judges of the Sharia Courts”, “Hisbah and the Police”, “Crimes and Punishments”, “Councils of Ulama and Related Bodies”, and “Zakat and Endowments”, are in progress and will be posted here when they are ready.

Note on the text as republished here: The chapters of the printed text, each quite long, have been disaggregated into their main parts, which are presented here as separate PDF files to facilitate selection and downloading. Pagination and footnote numbering have been preserved as in the text as published by Spectrum. New footers identifying the source have been added to each page.

Sharia Implementation in Northern Nigeria 1999-2006: A Sourcebook (Full text)

Please click on the arrows in front of the volume titles to see the complete tables of contents for each volume. By then clicking on the links marked [PDF Format], the indicated parts of the volumes can be accessed in full text.

Volume I: Historical Background

  • Preface to Volumes I - V [PDF Format]
  • Some Demographic Data: Nigeria's Sharia States [PDF Format]
  • Chapter 1: Historical Background
    1. Introduction to Chapter 1: the Settlement of 1960 and Why It Still Matters Today
      Philip Ostien and Sati Fwatshak [PDF Format]
    2. The Settlement of 1960: Who was Who
      Compiled by Sati Fwatshak and Philip Ostien [PDF Format]
    3. Report of the Panel of Jurists Appointed by the Northern Region Government to Examine the Legal and Judicial Systems of the Region, 10th September 1958 [PDF Format]
    4. Statement by the Government of the Northern Region of Nigeria on the Reorganisation of the Legal and Judicial Systems of the Northern Region, September 1958 [PDF Format]
    5. Documents and Other Information Received by the Panel of Jurists During its Second Session, 24th May through 4th June 1962 [PDF Format]
    6. Report of the Panel of Jurists: Second Session, 4th June 1962 [PDF Format]
    7. Statement made by the Government of Northern Nigeria on Additional Adjustments to the Legal and Judicial Systems of Northern Nigeria, June 1962 [PDF Format]

Volume II: Sharia Implementation Committee Reports and Related White Papers

  • Chapter 2: Sharia Implementation Committee Reports and Related White Papers
    1. Introduction to Chapter 2 [PDF Format]
      Philip Ostien
    2. Report of the Bauchi State Sharia Implementation Committee, submitted to the Executive Governor of Bauchi State on 29th September, 2000 [PDF Format]
    3. On the Adoption and Implementation of Sharia Legal System in Zamfara State: a paper presented on 6th July 2000 [PDF Format]
      Ahmed Bello Mahmud, then-Attorney-General of Zamfara State
    4. White Paper on the Report of the Committee on the Implementation of Sharia in Kebbi State: June, 2000 [PDF Format]
    5. Report of the Committee for the Implementation of Sharia in Kebbi State, submitted to the Executive Governor of Kebbi State on 18th January, 2001 [PDF Format]

  • Supplementary Materials
    1. Interim and Final Reports of the Committee Set up to Advise the Sokoto State Government on the Establishment of Sharia, submitted to the Executive Governor of Sokoto State on 13 October, 1999 and 16 December, 1999, respectively [PDF Format]
    2. Report of the Technical Committee on Constitutional Provisions for the Application of Sharia in Katsina State, January 2000 [PDF Format]
    3. Report of the Committee on the Implementation of Sharia in Kebbi State, submitted to the Executive Governor of Kebbi State in early 2000 [PDF Format]
    4. Report of the Committee on Application of Sharia in Borno State, submitted to the Executive Governor of Borno State in April 2000 [PDF Format]
    5. Records of Visits of the Niger State Advisory Council on Religious Affairs (NISACORA) to Niger State Local Government Areas and to Zamfara State, June, July and August 2000 [PDF Format]
    6. Bauchi State Government White Paper on the Report of the Bauchi State Sharia Implementation Committee, November 2000 [PDF Format]
    7. Interim Report of the Borno State Sharia Implementation Committee, March (?) 2001 [PDF Format]
    8. Report of the Bauchi State Task Force on Sharia Implementation, 14 August 2001, Volume I: Main Report of the Task Force [PDF Format]
    9. Report of the Bauchi State Task Force on Sharia Implementation, 14 August 2001, Volume V: Major Activities of the Task Force [PDF Format]

Volume III: Sanitizing Society

  • Chapter 3: Sanitizing Society
    1. Introduction to Chapter 3 [PDF Format]
      Philip Ostien
    2. Changes in the Law in the Sharia States Aimed at Suppressing Social Vices [PDF Format]
      Philip Ostien and M.J. Umaru
    3. Sharia Implementation and Female Muslims in Nigeria's Sharia States [PDF Format]
      Jamila M. Nasir
    4. Documentary Materials [PDF Format]
      1. Omnibus laws
      2. Corruption
      3. Liquor
      4. Gambling
      5. Sexual immoralities
      6. Other matters related to women
      7. Unedifying media
      8. Other social vices

Volume IV: The Sharia Penal and Criminal Procedure Codes

  • Chapter 4: The Sharia Penal Codes
    1. Introduction to Chapter 4 [PDF Format]
      Philip Ostien
    2. The Making of the Zamfara and Kano State Sharia Penal Codes [PDF Format]
      Ibrahim Na'iya Sada
    3. Harmonised Sharia Penal Code Annotated [PDF Format]
    4. Niger State Penal Code Amendment Law 2000 [PDF Format]
    5. Katsina State Islamic Penal Code System (Adoption) Law 2000 [PDF Format]
    6. Conversion Table: Penal Code of 1960 to Harmonised Sharia Penal Code [PDF Format]
    7. Conversion Table: Harmonised Sharia Penal Code to Penal Code of 1960 [PDF Format]
    8. Sections of the Penal Code of 1960 Omitted in the Harmonised Sharia Penal Code [PDF Format]
    9. Sections of the Harmonised Sharia Penal Code Omitted in the Penal Code of 1960 [PDF Format]
  • Chapter 5: The Sharia Criminal Procedure Codes

    1. Introduction to Chapter 5 [PDF Format]
      Philip Ostien
    2. On Islamic Criminal Procedure: from the Final Report of the Committee set up to Advise the Sokoto State Government on the Implementation of Sharia [PDF Format]
    3. Report of the Committee Appointed to Prepare [Sharia] Criminal Procedure Code for Sokoto State [PDF Format]
    4. Harmonised Sharia Criminal Procedure Code Annotated [PDF Format]
    5. Kano State Criminal Procedure Code Amendment Law 2000 Annotated [PDF Format]
    6. Conversion Table: Criminal Procedure Code of 1960 to Harmonised Sharia Criminal Procedure Code [PDF Format]
    7. Conversion Table: Harmonised Sharia Criminal Procedure Code to Criminal Procedure Code of 1960 [PDF Format]
    8. Sections of the Criminal Procedure Code of 1960 omitted in the Harmonised Sharia Criminal Procedure Code [PDF Format]
    9. Sections of the Harmonised Sharia Criminal Procedure Code omitted in the Criminal Procedure Code of 1960 [PDF Format]
  • Supplementary Materials
    1. Some Parts of Crimes & Their Punishments, a report produced by the Borno State Council of Ulama and presented to the Borno State Government on 1st June, 2001 [PDF Format]
    2. Two reports of the Kaduna State Government Committee on the Harmonisation of Drafts of the Sharia Penal Code and Sharia Criminal Procedure Code Laws [PDF Format]

Volume V: Two Famous Cases

  • Chapter 6: Two Famous Cases
    1. Introduction to Chapter 6 [PDF Format]
      Philip Ostien, Sama'ila A. Mohammed and Ahmed S. Garba
    2. Proceedings and Judgments in the Safiyatu Hussaini Case [PDF Format]
      1. In the Upper Sharia Court, Gwadabawa
      2. In the Sharia Court of Appeal, Sokoto

    3. Proceedings and Judgments in the Amina Lawal Case [PDF Format]
      1. In the Sharia Court, Bakori
      2. In the Upper Sharia Court, Funtua
      3. In the Sharia Court of Appeal, Katsina

    4. Bibliography of Islamic Authorities Cited [PDF Format]
      Compiled by Ahmed S. Garba and Philip Ostien
    5. Glossary of Islamic Legal Terms Used [PDF Format]
      Compiled by Sama'ila A. Mohammed
    6. Brief Biographies of the Judges [PDF Format]
      Compiled by Philip Ostien
    7. On Defending Safiyatu Hussaini and Amina Lawal [PDF Format]
      Aliyu Musa Yawuri

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