Hisbah and Sharia Law Enforcement in Metropolitan
                    Kano

Olaniyi,

doi:10.2979/africatoday.57.4.71

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“…Boko Haram is a Sunni Islamist group, seeking to have Sharia (Islamic law) imposed in the north of Nigeria, and in some accounts to have a separate Islamic state (see Idowu ). While partial Sharia has existed in the northern states as a result of public pressure, beginning in 1999 following the example of Zamfara state, and implemented between 2000 and 2003 across a number of states (Olaniyi ; Warner ; Cook ), Boko Haram see this as incomplete and inadequate (Figure ) . The group are sometimes characterised as Salafist, a strand emphasising the Salaf , ancestors, as models of contemporary practice, and often seen as an especially strict, literalist movement (Loimeier , 152 n. 30; see Anonymous ; Agbiboa ).…”

Section: Boko Haram: a Brief History Of Its Operationsmentioning

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The geopolitics of Boko Haram and Nigeria's ‘war on terror’

Elden

2014

Geographical Journal

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The April 2014 kidnapping of the schoolgirls at Chibok, north‐eastern Nigeria, has meant that Boko Haram is now widely discussed by Western governments and in Western media. Yet within Nigeria the group has been well known for several years. Boko Haram's activities, or actions attributed to the group, have developed in a range of ways, many contradictory, including bombings, kidnappings of Europeans within Nigeria and neighbouring Cameroon, killing of medical personnel, and overtures for dialogue with the Federal Government. There are recurrent reports of links to Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb, and in the past few years the United States has taken a much more active role in the region. Some of the wider geopolitical issues relate to the French‐led intervention in Mali; a country to which Nigeria has also sent troops. This article tries to disentangle these different questions. It looks first at who Boko Haram are, and their history. It situates the group within the wider context of Nigerian politics, and to discuss the biopolitical and geopolitical elements of their operations and of the actions of the Nigerian security services and other actors towards them. It ends by relating what is happening within and beyond Nigeria to the wider context of the ‘war on terror’.

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Section: Boko Haram: a Brief History Of Its Operationsmentioning

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The geopolitics of Boko Haram and Nigeria's ‘war on terror’

Elden

2014

Geographical Journal

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“…Based on this interpretation, the federal government of Nigeria declared the laws establishing Hisbah Commission and their activities as illegal right after its inception. (Olaniyi, 2011) Regarding the Police Act, section 4 of the Act provides that the Police shall be employed for the prevention and detection of crime, apprehension of offenders, the preservation of law and order, the protection of life and property and the due enforcement of all laws and regulation with which they are charged and shall perform such military duties within or outside Nigeria as may be required of them by, or under the authority of this or any other Act. Based on this act, some quarters claimed that hisbah law is not within the lawful responsibilities of the police force as it is not passed through the National Assembly.…”

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The Roles of Hisbah Commission and its Challenges in the Zamfara State of Nigeria

Abubakar¹,

Abdullah²

2021

IJARBSS

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The main purpose of the establishment of hisbah in Islam is to ensure public well-being by performing the function of promoting good and preventing evil. Yet, the reality is that there are many challenges have to be faced by hisbah authority, especially in modern and pluralistic society. To overcome all these challenges, identification steps need to be done first. This paper aims to identify the major challenges faced by the institution of hisbah in carrying out its functions in the state of Zamfara, Nigeria. To achieve this goal, the library research methodology will be conducted specifically by collecting data from various written sources such as books, articles in scientific journals, research reports and even responsible daily newspapers. In addition, field studies, especially in-depth interviews with relevant key figures were also conducted to strengthen the data obtained from the literature review. The results show that there are four main challenges in the implementation of hisbah in Zamfara state, namely legal conflicts, lack of coordination of duties with the police force, negative public perception and lack of funds.

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“…Nonetheless, Vogel (2003) on the one end, examines the role of Muhtasib as censor of public morals based on Al-Mawardi's classical work and Saudi Arabia's contemporary laws and practices. On the other end, the works of Gwarzo (2003) and Olaniyi (2011) in Nigeria focused on only the policing role of Hisbah in controlling moral decadence and other social vices.…”

Section: Historical Development Of Hisbah Institutionmentioning

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“…Despite the growing importance of Hisbah institution in the Shari'ah implementing states, its economic importance has been largely ignored by researchers who wrote on the institution's activities. For example, the studies of Gwarzo (2003) and recently Olaniyi (2011) all focused on the role that Hisbah institution plays in controlling crime and other social vices. A review of both theoretical and empirical literature in Nigeria shows a dearth of published materials on the economic role of Hisbah in the spheres of business.…”

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Hisbah and the promotion of ethical business practices

Dogarawa

2013

International Journal of Islamic and Middle Eastern Finance and Management

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Purpose -This paper aims to assess the role of the hisbah institution in ensuring ethical business practices in Nigeria. The aim is to correct the erroneous impression that the institution is meant only to serve spiritual and social purposes in the society devoid of economic contribution. Design/methodology/approach -The paper uses a literature survey approach to describe the economic dimension of the institution and its specific role in ensuring that businesses are conducted in line with Islamic business ethics. Findings -The paper confirms that absence of discussion on the economic role of the hisbah institution in complementing the effort of regulatory and monitoring authorities in the inspection of weights and measures, quality of food products, manipulation of prices, supplies and production, monopolistic collisions, cheating and fraud, has made many people in Nigeria mistake it for an institution whose primary occupation is to prevent and control moral decadence and social vices in such societies. Practical implications -The paper concludes that the task ahead of shari'ah implementing states in Nigeria therefore is to maximally exploit hisbah's economic role in view of its relevance to the modern economy. Originality/value -The paper attempts to fill the vacuum in the contemporary literature on the economic role of hisbah in Muslim societies.

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Hisbah and Sharia Law Enforcement in Metropolitan Kano

Cited by 17 publications

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The geopolitics of Boko Haram and Nigeria's ‘war on terror’

The geopolitics of Boko Haram and Nigeria's ‘war on terror’

The Roles of Hisbah Commission and its Challenges in the Zamfara State of Nigeria

Hisbah and the promotion of ethical business practices

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