When the ulema in Northern Nigeria did not hack the fiqh but rather simply reproduced medieval codes in greatly reductionist…
Hacking and “common sense”
Nigeria
On democratic despond
In calling attention to the abandonment of public hospitals by the moneyed elite, I intended to use the steady deterioration…
Salafism in Nigeria: An introduction
Studying Salafism is important not just for analyzing jihadist movements or clarifying twentieth-century Muslim history, but also for better understanding…
Faith in the nation: Nigerian publics and their religions
The cityscape of Abuja, the capital of Nigeria, is dominated by two houses of worship known as the National Mosque…
Igbo Jews: A Lost Tribe of Israel?
Over at CNN, Chika Oduah writes about the assertion by Igbo Jews that they are descendants of Jacob and one…
Nigerian women and the Hajj
In a recent article, Reuters reported that Nigeria has suspended flights to Saudi Arabia for the Hajj pilgrimage after more…
Religious conflict in Nigeria?
At GlobalPost, Heather Murdock explains that, for locals, conflict between Muslims and Christians in Nigeria's "Middle Belt" is not entirely about religion.
Shari’a, Family, and Democracy
Abdullahi Ahmed An-Na'im, M. Christian Green, and John Witte, Jr., principal investigators of an SSRC-funded project "Shari'a, Family, and Democracy…