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Author Garba, Ahmed Salisu, author.

Title Freedom of religion and its regulation in Nigeria : analysis of preaching board laws in some states of Northern Nigeria / by Ahmed Salisu Garba
Published Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2018]
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Description 1 online resource
Series Law and religion
Brill research perspectives
Brill research perspectives. Law and religion.
Brill research perspectives.
Contents Intro; Contents; Freedom of Religion and Its Regulation in Nigeria: Analysis of Preaching Board Laws in Some States of Northern Nigeria; Abstract; Keywords; Introduction; Conceptual Clarification; Debates on the Regulation of Freedom of Religion; An Overview of the Regulation of Religious Preaching in Northern Nigeria; History; Changes; Kano, Borno and Kaduna States; Kano; Analysis of Preaching Laws in Kano 1970-1985; 1982 Religious Preaching Law; 1985 Religious Law; Establishment and Nature; Emirate Committee for Islamic Religious Preaching; Composition; Function; Tenure and Removal
Local Government Council Subcommittee for Islamic Religious PreachingComposition; Function; Procedure and Allowances for Both Committees; Procedure for Grant and Punishment for Preaching without a Preaching Licence; Revocation of a Preaching Permit; Borno; Analysis of Religious Preaching Laws in Borno 1977-1981; 1981-2010; The 2010 Islamic Religious Preaching Law of Borno State; Kaduna State; Analysis of Religious Preaching Laws in Kaduna State; Definition of a Religious Preacher; Recognition of Islam and Christianity as Major Religions; JNI and CAN Power over the Issue of Preaching Licences
Local Government Area Screening CommitteesCompliance with the Proposed Law; Regulation of Communication; Punishment; Effects of the Measures and the Proposed Preaching Bill; Ban and Declaration against the Islamic Movement in Nigeria; Constitutional and Human Rights Discourse; Judicial Review of the Exercise of Freedom of Religion in Nigeria; Options for Nigeria; The United States of America; Germany; Canada; The European Court of Human Rights; Margin of Appreciation; Margin of Appreciation, the European Court of Human Rights and Islamic Preaching Board Laws
The "Prescribed by Law" RequirementLegitimate Aims; Necessary in a Democratic Society; Impartiality; Pluralism and Tolerance; Conclusion; Recommendation; References; Table of Cases; Nigerian Cases; United States of America's Cases; Other Non-Nigerian Cases; Table of Legislation; Table of Conventions; Secondary Sources; Books; Edited Books; Translated Books; Journal Articles; Newspapers; Unpublished Dessertations; PhD; M.A.; Reports; Nigerian Reports; Non-Nigerian Reports; Memorandum
Notes "This paperback book edition is simultaneously published as issue 1.4 (2017) of Law and Region"--Title page verso
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references
Notes Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed March 28, 2019)
Subject Freedom of religion -- Nigeria, Northern
Religion and law -- Nigeria, Northern
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Process -- Political Advocacy.
Freedom of religion
Religion and law
Northern Nigeria
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9789004353121
9004353127