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In Nigeria, Sharia has been instituted as a main body of civil and criminal law in 9 Muslim-majority and in some parts of 3 Muslim-plurality states since 1999, when then-Zamfara State governor Ahmad Rufai Sani〔(Nigeria Sharia architect defends law ), BBC News, 21 March 2002〕 began the push for the institution of Sharia at the state level of government. ==States== Twelve out of Nigeria's thirty-six states have Sunni Islam as the dominant religion. In 1999, those states chose to have Sharia courts as well as Customary courts. As of 2012, the following 9 states have instituted Sharia: * Zamfara State (January 27, 2000) * Kano State (June 21, 2000) * Sokoto State * Katsina State * Bauchi State (June 2001) * Borno State * Jigawa State * Kebbi State * Yobe State the following 3 states have also instituted sharia in some parts with large Muslim populations * Kaduna State * Niger State (May 4, 2000) * Gombe State 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Sharia in Nigeria」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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