Nigeria:Churches Challenge Islamic Law | Christianity Today

Free Newsletters:

RSS Feeds |

Audio |

Twitter

Home > 2000 > February 7

Christianity Today, February 7, 2000 |

Nigeria:Churches Challenge Islamic Law

Third state moving toward implementing Koranic laws

By Alex Duval Smith, Ecumenical News International, in Lagos, Nigeria | posted 2/07/2000 12:00AM

2 of 2

Some observers see the shari'a trend as a political move, aimed at asserting northern authority amid fears that President Obasanjo is favoring the south-west.The Lagos-based human rights lawyer, Olisa Agbakoba, said: ''Shari'a has always been in effect in the north of the country. It has co-existed with common law without incident. What is different now is that, for the first time, it is being used as a political tool.''

Related Elsewhere

See our related article yesterday at ChristianityToday.com, "Nigeria On the Brink of Religious War | Northern states adopt Islamic law, increasing Christian-Muslim tensions"

first page |

2 of 2

share this page

February 7 2000, Vol. 44, No. 2

E-mail this page

Write CT

Print this article

Post a comment

Reader Reviews are below

Subscribe to Christianity Today and get 3 free trial issues. No credit card required.

Please allow 4-6 weeks for delivery. Offer valid in U.S. only.

If you decide you want to keep Christianity Today coming, honor your invoice for just $19.95 and receive nine more issues, a full year in all. If not, simply write "cancel" across the invoice and return it. The three trial issues are yours to keep, regardless.

Click here for international orders

2-for-1 Gifts!

[Reader Reviews]

Average User Rating: Not rated

The allotted time for commenting has ended.