Gunnar J. Weimann studied translation for Arabic and French at Leipzig University (Germany) and worked in Nigeria from 2002 to 2004 as a diplomat

"Everyone interested in shari’a law in northern Nigeria should read this book." - Murray Last, Journal of Religion in Africa

• Table of Contents - 6 Acknowledgments - 8 Introduction - 10 Ch1. Judicial Practice in Islamic Criminal Law in Nigeria — A Tentative Overview - 16 Ch2. Divine Law and Local Custom in Northern Nigerian Zina Trials - 56 Ch3. Islamic Law and Muslim Governance in Northern Nigeria: crimes against life, limb and property in sharia judicial practice - 84 Ch4. An Alternative Vision of Sharia Application in Northern Nigeria: Ibrahim Salih’s add offences in the sharia - 120 Ch5. The Fatwa and the Beast: Islamic authority and Muslim unity in northern Nigeria in light of the 2002 Miss World Crisis - 148 Conclusion - 172 Appendix: Identified trials under Islamic criminal law - 174 Bibliography - 192 Summary - 202 Samenvatting - 204

Gunnar J. Weimann studied translation for Arabic and French at Leipzig University (Germany) and worked in Nigeria from 2002 to 2004 as a diplomat

"Everyone interested in shari’a law in northern Nigeria should read this book." - Murray Last, Journal of Religion in Africa

• Table of Contents - 6 Acknowledgments - 8 Introduction - 10 Ch1. Judicial Practice in Islamic Criminal Law in Nigeria — A Tentative Overview - 16 Ch2. Divine Law and Local Custom in Northern Nigerian Zina Trials - 56 Ch3. Islamic Law and Muslim Governance in Northern Nigeria: crimes against life, limb and property in sharia judicial practice - 84 Ch4. An Alternative Vision of Sharia Application in Northern Nigeria: Ibrahim Salih’s add offences in the sharia - 120 Ch5. The Fatwa and the Beast: Islamic authority and Muslim unity in northern Nigeria in light of the 2002 Miss World Crisis - 148 Conclusion - 172 Appendix: Identified trials under Islamic criminal law - 174 Bibliography - 192 Summary - 202 Samenvatting - 204