International Journal of
Sociology and Anthropology

  • Abbreviation: Int. J. Sociol. Anthropol.
  • Language: English
  • ISSN: 2006-988X
  • DOI: 10.5897/IJSA
  • Start Year: 2009
  • Published Articles: 334

Full Length Research Paper

Muslim/Christian politics of religion in Nigeria: The Sharī’ah application and the religious foundations of global Muslim engagement with modernity

Ibrahim Olatunde Uthman
  • Ibrahim Olatunde Uthman
  • Department of Arabic and Islamic Studies, University of Ibadan, Nigeria.
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Lateef Oluwole Abbas
  • Lateef Oluwole Abbas
  • Department of Arabic and Islamic Studies, University of Ibadan, Nigeria.
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  •  Received: 19 June 2013
  •  Accepted: 27 November 2013
  •  Published: 31 May 2014

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