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Chapter Five - Integrating Shari‘a: Legal Politics in Somaliland

from Part II - Struggles of a Broken Nation, 1991–2021

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 May 2021

Mark Fathi Massoud
Mark Fathi Massoud
Affiliation:
University of California, Santa Cruz
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This chapter investigates the endurance of shari‘a in Somaliland. Somaliland declared independence in May 1991, as Somalia was disintegrating, by reasserting the sovereignty it had for five days (June 26–30) in 1960, prior to unifying with the former Italian Somalia. Between 1991 and 2021, the self-declared state of Somaliland made strides to build peace and promote principles associated with the rule of law. Following a series of elders’ summits, Somaliland outlawed Siad Barre’s national security courts, held contested elections, developed a government of limited powers alongside a new currency and economic development programs, and adopted a constitution rooted in Islamic and international human rights principles.

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SomalilandlawreligionIslamshari‘a
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Shari‘a, Inshallah
Finding God in Somali Legal Politics
 , pp. 208 - 254
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2021

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