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In the Name of Allah's Law

How should Muslims implement Sharia (Islamic) law? Let's heed the lessons from Pakistan's Lal Masjid tragedy.

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A Kano Born Muslim Calls the Attempts at Enacting Sharia a Hidden Agenda

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Politics and Religion Behind Nigeria's Islamic Upsurge

Muslim Nigerians are disillusioned by years of secular military misrule and see Islamic law as a way to end corruption, crime

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Nigeria's Volatile Religious Mix

Christian fanaticism, Islamic fundamentalism, and tribal tensions threaten Nigeria's fragile democracy

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1 Million Muslims Mark Nigerian State's Islamic Law Declaration

The Kano state move heightens tensions between the African nation's Mulsim and Christian communities

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Iraqi Dilemma Highlights Challenge of Applying Islamic Law to Modern Times

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The Rising Voice of Moderate Muslims

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Ninth Nigerian State Institutes Islamic law

The move by Kebbi state aggrevates the African nation's growing Christian-Muslim divide.

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Muslim Responses to September 11

Statements and condemnation from Muslims worldwide, made in the days after 9/11

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Nigerian Leaders Seek Muslim-Christian Dialogue

Effort hopes to defuse violence that has resulted from the planned implementation of Islamic religious law

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