Muslims Talking Politics
Subtitle: Framing Islam, Democracy, and Law in Northern Nigeria
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Published: 2016
Language: eng
Number of pages: 312
ISBN-13: 9780226368986
Subjects: Democracy, religious aspects; Islam and politics; Islamic law; Nigeria, social conditions
Description: For generations Islamic and Western intellectuals and policymakers have debated Islam's compatibility with democratic government, usually with few solid conclusions. But where - Brandon Kendhammer asks in this book - have the voices of ordinary, working-class Muslims been in this conversation? Doesn't the fate of democracy rest in their hands? Visiting with community members in northern Nigeria, he tells the complex story of the stunning return of democracy to a country that has also embraced Shariah law and endured the radical religious terrorism of Boko Haram.