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THE SHARIAH INFORMATION AND DOCUMENTATION PROJECT (SIDOP)
The Sharia Information and Documentation Project (SIDOP) was established
by the Development, Research and Projects Centre (dRPC) in Kano
in mid-2003.
SIDOP addresses information and communication gaps regarding Sharia
which have compounded the problem of nation building in Nigeria.
SIDOP is a national project and not a religious one.
The objectives of SIDOP are:
1. To provide and distribute empirical, truthful and balanced information
about the Sharia, its implementation, and the human rights situation
in Northern Nigeria.
2. To de-escalate the highly politicised Sharia debate in Nigeria.
3. To provide a means to improve the mutual understanding of Sharia
amongst supporters and opponents in Nigeria.
4. To place human rights concerns - rather than identity politics
and power tussles - back into the focus of public attention, as
societies draw upon religious and traditional foundations to define
their future.
Besides research, documentation and dissemination of information
through newsletters and other publications, SIDOP also organises
in-house fora on the social and legal implications of the Sharia.
SIDOP PUBLICATIONS
SIDOP Bulletin: Welfare
and Social Rights in the Silent Struggle within Sharia in Northern
Nigeria
(July 2003)
SIDOP Bulletin: Reporting
Sharia in the Nigerian Media
(1st In-House Forum, 2 August 2003)
SIDOP Bulletin: Women's
Access to Justice under Sharia
(2nd In-House Forum, 20 December 2003)
SIDOP Bulletin: Status,
Problems and Prospects of Shari'a Implementation in the North of
Nigeria
(3rd In-House Forum, 27 December 2003)
SIDOP Bulletin: Social
Justice in Islam
(4th In-House Forum, 18 February 2004)
SIDOP Bulletin: Economic
Development in Sharia States
(5th In-House Forum, 29 March 2004)
Presentation: The
Economic Dimensions of Sharia in Northen Nigeria. Case Studies:
Borno and Yobe States; by Mustapha Adam KOLO (Research Fellow,
Centre for Arid Zones Studies, University of Maiduguri), May 2004.
REVIEWS
Reviews of
Human Rights Watch's Report ('"Political Shari'a"?', September
2004) by Salisu Shehu (Department of Education, Bayero University,
Kano), Hajiya Bilkisu (Editor, Citizen Communications, Kaduna) and
Chief Imam Sani Mohammed Isah.
[The reviewed report is:
Human Rights Watch: "Political Shari'a"? Human Rights
and Islamic Law in Northern Nigeria', Vol. 16, No.9(A) , released
21 September 2004.]
RESEARCH REPORTS
Annotated Bibliography
on Sharia in the North of Nigeria from Non-Reference Materials Available
to the Public at Higher Institutions in Kano and Kaduna State 1982-2004;
by Alhaji Umar Garba GAMA (Librarian, Bayero University Kano), August
2004
Annotated Index
of Newspaper Articles on Sharia in the Nigeria Media in 2003;
by Dr. Salahuddin YUSUF (Islamic Studies Department, Federal Colleague
of Education, Kano State).
Teaching of Sharia
in the University of Maiduguri, Borno State: Historical Overview
and Selected Bibliographies of Graduate and Undergraduate Projects,
University of Maiduguri; by Mustapha Adam KOLO (Research Fellow,
Centre for Arid Zones Studies, University of Maiduguri), December
2004.
SIDOP can be contacted through:
Development, Research & Projects Centre
63B Sultan Road, Nasarawa GRA
P.O.Box 743
Kano
Phone: 064-632 636
Email: drpc@ecnx.net
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