A recent statement attributed to the United States calling for the abolition of Shari’a law in Nigeria has raised understandable concern across the legal and religious landscape.
The Nasrul-lahi-li Fathi Society of Nigeria (NASFAT) has announced plans to establish an arbitration centre for resolving disputes through the application of Sharia principles in the South West. Speaking at a press conference in Lagos to mark NASFAT’s 30th anniversary, the President of NASFAT Worldwide, Alhaji Ayodeji AbdulRauf, emphasized that the centre would not bear … Read more
The Muslim community in Ekiti State has strongly opposed the recent directive by the Ewi of Ado-Ekiti, Oba Adeyemo Adejugbe, to dissolve the Shari’ah arbitration panel established at the central mosque in the state capital. The community described the decision as unjustified and an abuse of authority. The monarch issued the directive during a meeting … Read more
The Muslim Students’ Society of Nigeria (MSSN), the Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs, and others, have publicly shared their perspectives after the Ewi of Ado-Ekiti, Oba Rufus Adejugbe, decided to dissolve the Sharia arbitration panel established in the central mosque of the state. This platform reported that Independent Shari’ah Arbitration Panel in Ekiti State recently … Read more
In Ado Ekiti, the Independent Shari’ah Arbitration Panel of Ekiti State conducted its first public session. The panel offers dispute resolution based on Islamic law principles. A panel of three religious leaders, consisting of Imam Abdullahi Abdul-Mutolib, Imam Abdulraheem Junaid-Bamigbola, and Dr. Ibrahim Aminullahi-Ogunrinde, resolved two legal disputes involving marriages. First case In the first … Read more
