A judicial misconception of mosque disputes in common law jurisdiction: The supreme court's declaration of high court's jurisdiction in imamship disputes in Nigeria

• Main Authors: Syed Abdul Kader, Sharifah Zubaidah, Ishola, Abdullahi Saliu
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Miyetti Research and Publications 2017
• Subjects: K Law (General)
• Online Access: http://irep.iium.edu.my/57073/6/57073.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/57073/; http://miyettiquarterlylawreview.com/

This paper reveals the Supreme Court's declaration of jurisdiction in Imamship disputes in Nigeria as being vested in the High Court, as done in the case of Abdulsalam v Salawu, as a demonstration of judicial misconception of mosque disputes in Islamic personal law matters vests in the Sharia C...