Sharīʿa in Africa Today John A. Chesworth and Franz Kogelmann - 978-90-04-26212-6 Downloaded from Brill.com07/22/2020 01:59:46AM via free access Islam in Africa Sharīʿa in Africa Today Reactions and Responses Editorial Board Rüdiger Seesemann Knut Vikør Edited by Founding Editor John Chesworth and Franz Kogelmann John Hunwick VOLUME 15 The titles published in this series are listed at brill.com/isaf John A. Chesworth and Franz Kogelmann - 978-90-04-26212-6 Downloaded from Brill.com07/22/2020 01:59:46AM via free access Sharīʿa in Africa Today Reactions and Responses Edited by John Chesworth and Franz Kogelmann LEIDEN • BOSTON 2014 John A. Chesworth and Franz Kogelmann - 978-90-04-26212-6 Downloaded from Brill.com07/22/2020 01:59:46AM via free access This is an open access title distributed under the terms of the CC BY-NC 4.0 license, which permits any non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author(s) and source are credited. 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Chesworth and Franz Kogelmann - 978-90-04-26212-6 Downloaded from Brill.com07/22/2020 01:59:46AM via free access CONTENTS List of Maps ...................................................................................................... vii Acknowledgements ........................................................................................ ix Technical Note ................................................................................................. xi Preface ................................................................................................................ xiii 1 Introduction .............................................................................................. 1 John Chesworth and Franz Kogelmann PART ONE SUDAN: “TOTAL SHARĪʿA” 2 “Sharīʿa and Reality”: A Domain of Contest among Sunni Muslims in the District of Shendi, Northern Sudan ......... 13 Osman Mohamed Osman Ali 3 Contradicting State Ideology in Sudan: Christian-Muslim Relations among the Internally Displaced Persons in Khartoum—The Case of Mandela and Wad al-Bashīr Camps .... 41 Salma Mohamed Abdalla PART TWO NIGERIA: “RE-IMPLEMENTATION OF SHARĪʿA” 4 The Evolution of the Independent sharīʿa Panel in Osun State, South-West Nigeria ................................................................................. 73 Abdul-Fatah Kola Makinde 5 “Education is Education”: Contemporary Muslim Views on Muslim Women’s Education in Northern Nigeria ......................... 103 Chikas Danfulani John A. Chesworth and Franz Kogelmann - 978-90-04-26212-6 Downloaded from Brill.com07/22/2020 01:59:46AM via free access vi contents 6 ‘We Introduced sharīʿa’—The Izala Movement in Nigeria as Initiator of sharīʿa-reimplementation in the North of the Country: Some Reflections .................................................................. 125 Ramzi Ben Amara PART THREE KENYA: “PLACE OF SHARĪʿA IN THE CONSTITUTION” 7 Debates on Kadhi’s Courts and Christian-Muslim Relations in Isiolo Town: Thematic Issues and Emergent Trends ............. 149 Halkano Abdi Wario 8 “Necessity Removes Restrictions”: Swahili Muslim Women’s Perspectives on Their Participation in the Public Sphere ......... 177 Esha Faki Mwinyihaji 9 Women’s Views on the Role of Kadhi’s Courts: A Case Study of Kendu Bay, Kenya ............................................................................. 195 Rebecca Osiro PART FOUR TANZANIA: “CALLS FOR THE RE-INTRODUCTION OF SHARĪʿA” 10 Demand for the Re-Introduction of Kadhi’s Courts on the Tanzanian Mainland: A Religious, Social and Political Analysis ..................................................................................................... 215 William Andrew Kopwe 11 “Chaos Will Never Have a Chance”: Sharīʿa Debates and Tolerance in a Provincial Tanzanian Town ................................... 241 Bernardin Mfumbusa Bibliography ..................................................................................................... 259 Contributors ..................................................................................................... 271 Index ................................................................................................................... 275 John A. Chesworth and Franz Kogelmann - 978-90-04-26212-6 Downloaded from Brill.com07/22/2020 01:59:46AM via free access LIST OF MAPS Map 1 Map of Africa: Showing countries covered in the book .... xv Map 2 Map of Sudan: Showing principal places referred to in Part One ............................................................................................ 12 Map 3 Map of Nigeria: Showing principal places referred to in Part Two ........................................................................................... 72 Map 4 Map of Nigeria showing the states ........................................... 74 Map 5 Map of Kenya: Showing principal places referred to in Part Three ........................................................................................ 148 Map 6 Map of Tanzania: Showing principal places referred to in Part Four ..................................................................................... 214 John A. Chesworth and Franz Kogelmann - 978-90-04-26212-6 Downloaded from Brill.com07/22/2020 01:59:46AM via free access John A. Chesworth and Franz Kogelmann - 978-90-04-26212-6 Downloaded from Brill.com07/22/2020 01:59:46AM via free access ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS We thank all those who have been involved in the project, ‘Sharīʿa Debates and Their Perception by Christians and Muslims in Selected African Countries’. We acknowledge the generous support for the project of the Volkswagen Foundation and the “Knowledge for Tomorrow” initiative. We are grateful for the support of: – Senior Staff Professor Kurt Beck and Professor Ulrich Berner, University of Bayreuth, and Professor Frieder Ludwig, now at Fachhochschule für Interkulterelle Theologie, Hermannsburg; – Dr. Philip Ostien and Dr. Sati Fwatshak, who were country co-ordinators in Nigeria, together with Dr. Jamila Nasir from the University of Jos, Nigeria; Professor Esther Mombo, St. Paul’s University, Kenya; country co-ordinator for Sudan, Associate Professor Osman Muhammad Osman Ali, University of Khartoum, Sudan; We are grateful: – for the involvement in the planning stages of Associate Professor Shamil Jeppie, University of Cape Town and Dr. Abdulkadir Hashim Abdulkadir, formerly at University of Zanzibar, now at University of Nairobi, Kenya; – for those who were involved in introducing new methodologies to the Junior Scholars: Professor Gabriele Cappai, Dr. Katharina Hofer and Dr. Asonzeh Ukah; – to Ahmad Elhassab Umar Elhassab and Mohamed Hamed Mohamed Ahmed who also participated in the project. Finally we would like to appreciate the support and patience of our wives Phyll and Brigitte. John A. Chesworth and Franz Kogelmann - 978-90-04-26212-6 Downloaded from Brill.com07/22/2020 01:59:46AM via free access John A. Chesworth and Franz Kogelmann - 978-90-04-26212-6 Downloaded from Brill.com07/22/2020 01:59:46AM via free access TECHNICAL NOTE Non-English words are italicised; the transliteration of Arabic words fol- lows that used in the Encyclopedia of the Qurʾān edited by Jane Dammen McAuliffe (Brill, 2001–2006). The meanings of non-English words are given in parentheses following their first appearance, e.g. ribā (Arab.: interest). All quotations from