Sharia Courts

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Sharia Courts are Islamic law courts in Nigeria that adjudicate personal and civil matters for Muslims in accordance with Sharia principles.

All labels observed (7)

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf court ⓘ
religious court ⓘ
appliesLegalSystem Sharia ⓘ
appliesTo Muslims who consent to Sharia jurisdiction ⓘ
basedOn Hadith ⓘ
linked to: Hadith literature

Islamic jurisprudence (fiqh) ⓘ
Quran ⓘ
coexistsWith customary courts in Nigeria ⓘ
secular courts in Nigeria ⓘ
constitutionalProvision Section 275 of the 1999 Constitution of Nigeria ⓘ
Section 277 of the 1999 Constitution of Nigeria ⓘ
controversy application of criminal Sharia penalties in some states ⓘ
country Nigeria ⓘ
doesNotHaveJurisdictionOver non-Muslims without consent ⓘ
expandedIn 1999 ⓘ
early 2000s ⓘ
hasAppealTo Sharia Court of Appeal (Nigeria) ⓘ
hasLevel Sharia Court of First Instance ⓘ
linked to: Sharia Courts

Upper Sharia Court ⓘ
headedBy Qadi ⓘ
Sharia judge ⓘ
introducedInModernForm late 1990s ⓘ
jurisdiction Muslim population in Nigeria ⓘ
languageOfProceedings English ⓘ
Hausa ⓘ
legalArea Islamic succession ⓘ
civil law matters ⓘ
custody of children ⓘ
divorce law ⓘ
family law ⓘ
inheritance law ⓘ
marriage law ⓘ
personal status law ⓘ
partOf Nigerian legal system ⓘ
presentIn Bauchi State ⓘ
Borno State ⓘ
Jigawa State ⓘ
Kano State ⓘ
Katsina State ⓘ
Kebbi State ⓘ
Sokoto State ⓘ
Yobe State ⓘ
Zamfara State ⓘ
Zamfara and other northern Nigerian states ⓘ
primarilyLocatedIn Northern Nigeria ⓘ
recognizedBy Constitution of Nigeria ⓘ
relatedTo Sharia Court of Appeal (Nigeria) ⓘ
requires consent of parties for jurisdiction over civil disputes ⓘ
subjectToReviewBy Court of Appeal of Nigeria ⓘ
Sharia Court of Appeal (Nigeria) ⓘ
Supreme Court of Nigeria ⓘ

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Referenced by (11)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Judiciary of Nigeria → hasLowerCourt → Sharia Courts ⓘ
Emir of Kano → associatedWith → Sharia courts (customary jurisdiction) ⓘ
linked to: Sharia Courts
Amir → usedInCourtCulture → Islamic courts ⓘ
linked to: Sharia Courts
Islam in Maldives → associatedWith → Islamic courts ⓘ
linked to: Sharia Courts
Islamic jurisprudence (fiqh) → appliedIn → Sharia courts ⓘ
linked to: Sharia Courts
Bornu → religiousInstitution → Islamic courts ⓘ
linked to: Sharia Courts
Magistrates’ Courts (Nigeria) → relatedTo → Sharia Courts (in applicable northern states of Nigeria) ⓘ
subject linked to: Magistrates’ Courts
linked to: Sharia Courts
Sharia Courts (Nigeria) → hasLevel → Sharia Court of First Instance ⓘ
subject linked to: Sharia Courts
linked to: Sharia Courts
Emir of Bauchi → associatedWith → Sharia courts (customary jurisdiction) ⓘ
linked to: Sharia Courts
Kanunname → coordinatedWith → Sharia courts ⓘ
linked to: Sharia Courts
Presidential Decree No. 1083 → subjectMatter → Shari’a courts ⓘ
linked to: Sharia Courts