Taking an Islamic Law Course in Faculties of Law in Nigerian Universities by Non-Muslims; A Breach of Fundamental Rights, How Right?
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2022-03
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Federal Ministry of Justice, FCT, Abuja, Nigeria. (March Edition, 2023).
Abstract
There are 43 federally owned universities in Nigeria which are established by an Act of the National Assembly. The National Assembly powers to establish these universities are derived from the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria 1999 (as amended) is the National Universities Commission that is statutorily mandated to advise the President on the general program to be pursued by the universities in order to ensure that the universities are fully adequate to meet the national feeds and objectives By the provision of the National Universities Commission Act, there is a mandatory membership for a Law representative. This points to the veracity that Law is one of the most imperative courses to be offered or better still, that is offered by federal in Nigeria. No problem lies in the establishment of Faculties of Law in Nigerian universities as the primary responsibility of the Council of Legal Education is to ensure that a law graduate aspiring to be a lawyer has undertaken appropriate training to know and access the operation efficiency, sources and relevancy of various laws in the Nigerian society before being called to the Bar" However, the problem arises when a Faculty of Law in a Nigerian university seemingly mandates a non-Muslim to take a course in Islamic Law
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Islamic Law, Fundamental Rights, Non-Muslims, Legal Profession and Practice
Citation
A Journal of Contemporary Legal Issues 4; 175-192