Rise of Islamic feminism in Shariah courts: Hauwa Ibrahim and shariah implementation in the Northern Nigeria

This paper discusses the rise and trends of Muslim/ Islamic feminism in the wake of application of Shariah in Northern Nigeria. It specifically studies the role of Hauwa Ibrahim in fighting for the rights of women in Shariah criminal cases and her approaches and strategies for winning the cases. It...

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Main Author:	Zakariyah, Luqman
Format:	Conference or Workshop Item
Language:	English English
Published:	2015
Subjects:	HM Sociology KBP Islamic Law
Online Access:	http://irep.iium.edu.my/46568/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/46568/1/46568.pdf http://irep.iium.edu.my/46568/2/46568_presentation.pdf

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spelling	iium-465682016-05-12T07:36:43Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/46568/ Rise of Islamic feminism in Shariah courts: Hauwa Ibrahim and shariah implementation in the Northern Nigeria Zakariyah, Luqman HM Sociology KBP Islamic Law This paper discusses the rise and trends of Muslim/ Islamic feminism in the wake of application of Shariah in Northern Nigeria. It specifically studies the role of Hauwa Ibrahim in fighting for the rights of women in Shariah criminal cases and her approaches and strategies for winning the cases. It claims that though Hauwa Ibrahim's strategy does not overtly proclaim feministic approach, the feminist card had been played in the way she and her alliance had portrayed the cases. The claim of the feministic approach of Ibrahim is inferred from the analysis of criminal cases reported in Weimann article on Islamic Criminal Law in Northern Nigerian. The analysis elucidates and reveals that the number of female victims and the claim of women discrimination during the implementation of Shariah in Northern Nigeria are exaggerated. 2015-12-07 Conference or Workshop Item NonPeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/46568/1/46568.pdf application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/46568/2/46568_presentation.pdf Zakariyah, Luqman (2015) Rise of Islamic feminism in Shariah courts: Hauwa Ibrahim and shariah implementation in the Northern Nigeria. In: One Day Conference on Africa (ICAFRICA2015), 7th Dec. 2015, IIUM Gombak. (Unpublished)
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description	This paper discusses the rise and trends of Muslim/ Islamic feminism in the wake of application of Shariah in Northern Nigeria. It specifically studies the role of Hauwa Ibrahim in fighting for the rights of women in Shariah criminal cases and her approaches and strategies for winning the cases. It claims that though Hauwa Ibrahim's strategy does not overtly proclaim feministic approach, the feminist card had been played in the way she and her alliance had portrayed the cases. The claim of the feministic approach of Ibrahim is inferred from the analysis of criminal cases reported in Weimann article on Islamic Criminal Law in Northern Nigerian. The analysis elucidates and reveals that the number of female victims and the claim of women discrimination during the implementation of Shariah in Northern Nigeria are exaggerated.
format	Conference or Workshop Item
author	Zakariyah, Luqman
author_facet	Zakariyah, Luqman
author_sort	Zakariyah, Luqman
title	Rise of Islamic feminism in Shariah courts: Hauwa Ibrahim and shariah implementation in the Northern Nigeria
title_short	Rise of Islamic feminism in Shariah courts: Hauwa Ibrahim and shariah implementation in the Northern Nigeria
title_full	Rise of Islamic feminism in Shariah courts: Hauwa Ibrahim and shariah implementation in the Northern Nigeria
title_fullStr	Rise of Islamic feminism in Shariah courts: Hauwa Ibrahim and shariah implementation in the Northern Nigeria
title_full_unstemmed	Rise of Islamic feminism in Shariah courts: Hauwa Ibrahim and shariah implementation in the Northern Nigeria
title_sort	rise of islamic feminism in shariah courts: hauwa ibrahim and shariah implementation in the northern nigeria
publishDate	2015
url	http://irep.iium.edu.my/46568/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/46568/1/46568.pdf http://irep.iium.edu.my/46568/2/46568_presentation.pdf
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Rise of Islamic feminism in Shariah courts: Hauwa Ibrahim and shariah implementation in the Northern Nigeria

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