CONTENTS

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS vii
3. Preface ix
4. ONE / Sharia Implementation and Democratic Discourse in Northern Nigeria 1
5. TWO / What We Talk about When We Talk about Islam and Democracy 24
6. THREE / Envisioning Sharia, Imagining the Past 51
7. FOUR / Democracy, Federalism, and the Sharia Question 85
8. FIVE / Sharia in a Time of Transition 117
9. SIX / Framing Sharia and Democracy 148
10. SEVEN / Muslims Talking Politics 180
11. EIGHT / All Sharia Is Local: Islamic Law and Democracy in Practice 213
12. Appendix: Methodology 235
13. Notes 241
14. Bibliography 263
15. Index 285