Kadhis Courts in Kenya’s Constitutional Review (1998–2010):

مرکز و کتابخانه مطالعات اسلامی به زبان های اروپایی

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" Kadhis Courts in Kenya’s Constitutional Review (1998–2010): "
Abdulkader Tayob

Document Type	:	AL
Record Number	:	1067339
Doc. No	:	LA110968
Call No	:	‭10.5192/215409930401103‬
Language of Document	:	English
Main Entry	:	Abdulkader Tayob
Title & Author	:	Kadhis Courts in Kenya’s Constitutional Review (1998–2010): [Article] : A Changing Approach to Politics and State Among Kenyan Muslim Leaders\ Abdulkader Tayob
Publication Statement	:	Leiden: Brill
Title of Periodical	:	Islamic Africa
Date	:	2013
Volume/ Issue Number	:	4/1
Page No	:	103–124
Abstract	:	Debate over Kadhis courts in the constitutional review process (1998–2010) in Kenya antagonized relations between Muslims and Christians. Generally, Muslims found themselves on the defensive as some Christian groups mounted a sustained campaign against the place of Kadhis courts in the constitution. This paper presents Muslim responses to this public debate in the larger framework of Muslims in the nation-state. Since the 1990s, the Kenyan state was engaged in a search for a new politics. This paper turns to this question, and finds that beneath the rhetoric about Kadhis courts, Muslim responses were focused on politics. They were placing the Kadhis court debate within the larger question of how Muslims relate to the nation-state of Kenya. Debate over Kadhis courts in the constitutional review process (1998–2010) in Kenya antagonized relations between Muslims and Christians. Generally, Muslims found themselves on the defensive as some Christian groups mounted a sustained campaign against the place of Kadhis courts in the constitution. This paper presents Muslim responses to this public debate in the larger framework of Muslims in the nation-state. Since the 1990s, the Kenyan state was engaged in a search for a new politics. This paper turns to this question, and finds that beneath the rhetoric about Kadhis courts, Muslim responses were focused on politics. They were placing the Kadhis court debate within the larger question of how Muslims relate to the nation-state of Kenya.
Location & Call number	:	‭10.5192/215409930401103‬