ḤUDŪD PUNISHMENTS IN THE FOREFRONT: APPLICATION OF ISLAMIC CRIMINAL LAW BY HARAKAT AL-SHABAAB AL-MUJAHIDEEN

Harakat al-Shabaab al-Mujahideen, usually referred to as al-Shabaab (the youth), is known primarily as a Somali terrorist group. But since the end of 2008, it has functioned as a state power in large parts of Southern and Central Somalia. In this article, I analyze the main legal body of the group:...

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Auteur principal: Skjelderup, Michael (Auteur)
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Publié: Cambridge Univ. Press 2014
Dans: Journal of law and religion
Année: 2014, Volume: 29, Numéro: 2, Pages: 317-329
Sujets non-standardisés:B al-Shabaab
B Somali Islam
B Islamic criminal law
B sharī'a
B radical Islamism
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