Nigeria is deeply polarised along ethnic, religious, cultural and political lines – and violence is never far from the surface.
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Shariah law informs financial contracts and credit systems, and the growth of Islamic financing options provides an alternative to current debt-based banking systems.
Insults against religion are illegal in Nigeria’s multi-faceted legal codes.
There are many different understandings of shariah law in the Muslim world – the Taliban’s is a particularly hard-line one that is unlikely to change radically.
The appointment of Muhyiddin Yassin as the new prime minister is a move away from democracy in Malaysia, and non-Malays and non-Muslims are likely to suffer for it.
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Professor of Islamic Law, University of Ilorin
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Associate Professor of Islamic Studies, Charles Sturt University
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Professor, Anthropology, University of Victoria
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Professor of Asian Studies, University of Tasmania
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Professor of Islamic Studies, Head of School, The Centre for Islamic Studies and Civilisation, Charles Sturt University
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Senior Research Fellow, Institute for Humanities in Africa, University of Cape Town