THE Director-General of the Nigerian Institute of Advanced Legal Studies (NIALS), Professor Abdulkadir Abikan, has asserted that Sharia panels handling family disputes for Muslims in southwestern ...
Two extremes, the dominant Hindu right and a creeping conservatism among Muslims seek to undermine the constitutional mandate ...
What do societies do when religious laws, codified centuries ago, confront contemporary realities? While Hindu right-wing ...
HELENA – After a lengthy debate, with Democrats and Republicans disagreeing on the intent of a Senate bill to prohibit state courts from applying foreign law, the legislation advanced in the House ...
A renowned Shariah law expert, Prof Abdul-Rasq AbdulMajeed Alaro, has addressed the controversy surrounding Shariah law in Southwestern Nigeria. Speaking at a Ramadan Tasfir organized by Alhaji ...
Sir: Recent commentary from foreign circles, particularly from the United States, has once again put Nigeria’s implementation of Sharia law under global scrutiny. In the rush to judge, many external ...
The current government of the United Kingdom is being accused of leaning toward religious radicalism. While the U.S. is strengthening ties with terror-linked Pakistan, the UK’s new government appears ...