Sharia Courts

E292607

court religious court

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

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All labels observed (6)

Label	Occurrences
Islamic courts	3
Sharia courts (customary jurisdiction)	2
Sharia Court of First Instance	1
Sharia Courts canonical	1
Sharia Courts (in applicable northern states of Nigeria)	1
Sharia courts	1

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	court ⓘ religious court ⓘ
appliesLegalSystem	Sharia ⓘ
appliesTo	Muslims who consent to Sharia jurisdiction ⓘ
basedOn	Hadith literature ⓘ surface form: Hadith 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 Courts of Appeal of the States ⓘ surface form: Sharia Court of Appeal (Nigeria)
hasLevel	Sharia Courts self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Sharia Court of First Instance 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 the Federal Republic of Nigeria ⓘ surface form: Constitution of Nigeria
relatedTo	Sharia Courts of Appeal of the States ⓘ surface form: Sharia Court of Appeal (Nigeria)
requires	consent of parties for jurisdiction over civil disputes ⓘ
subjectToReviewBy	Court of Appeal of Nigeria ⓘ Sharia Courts of Appeal of the States ⓘ surface form: Sharia Court of Appeal (Nigeria) Supreme Court of Nigeria ⓘ

Referenced by (9)

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 ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sharia courts (customary jurisdiction)

Amir → usedInCourtCulture → Sharia Courts ⓘ

this entity surface form: Islamic courts

Islam in Maldives → associatedWith → Sharia Courts ⓘ

this entity surface form: Islamic courts

Islamic jurisprudence (fiqh) → appliedIn → Sharia Courts ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sharia courts

Bornu → religiousInstitution → Sharia Courts ⓘ

this entity surface form: Islamic courts

Magistrates’ Courts → relatedTo → Sharia Courts ⓘ

subject surface form: Magistrates’ Courts (Nigeria)

this entity surface form: Sharia Courts (in applicable northern states of Nigeria)

Sharia Courts → hasLevel → Sharia Courts self-linksurface differs ⓘ

subject surface form: Sharia Courts (Nigeria)

this entity surface form: Sharia Court of First Instance

Emir of Bauchi → associatedWith → Sharia Courts ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sharia courts (customary jurisdiction)