In The Codification of Islamic Criminal Law in the Sudan, Olaf Koendgen offers an in-depth analysis of the Sudan's Islamized penal codes of 1983 and 1991, their historical, political, and juridical context, their interpretation in the case law of the Supreme Court, and their practical application. He examines issues that arise in shari?a criminal law, including homicide, bodily harm, unlawful sexual intercourse (zina, liwa?), rape, unfounded accusation of unlawful sexual intercourse (qadhf), highway robbery (?iraba), apostasy (ridda), and alcohol consumption.
Drawing on a wide range of primary and secondary sources, a large number of previously untapped Supreme Court cases, and interviews with judges and politicians, Koendgen convincingly explains the multiple contradictions and often surprising aspects of one of the Arab world's longest lasting applications of codified shari?a criminal law.
Olaf Koendgen won the DAVO Dissertation Prize 2014 for his Ph.D. thesis.
"This extremely well-documented study represents a milestone for the discussion of Islamic criminal law in the Muslim world as a whole and in the Sudan especially. Olaf Koendgen fills an academic void; his work deserves the greatest recognition, for its extraordinary quality, its thoroughness and systematic approach."
Prof. Guenter Meyer, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz
Rezensionen / Stimmen
"[Olaf Koendgen] hat...eine Monographie vorgelegt, wie es keine zweite u?ber das islamische Strafrecht in einem heutigen Staat gibt. Er vergleicht die sudanesischen Strafgesetzbu?cher von 1983 und 1991 in Theorie und Praxis, in ihrem Verhaeltnis zum fiqh und in ihrer Interpretation durch die hoechstrichterliche Rechtsprechung, alles eingebettet in eine Fu?lle von Bezu?gen zu Geschichte, Politik, Recht und sudanesischem Alltag. So ergibt sich ein dichtes, differenziertes und anschauliches Bild von einer Materie, die auf den ersten Blick eher sproede erscheint....Dem Autor kann zu diesem gelungenen Werk nur gratuliert werden!"
Silvia Tellenbach in Zeitschrift fuer Islam und Recht 12 (2020), 137-141.
"[This book] presents a wealth of knowledge about the application of Islamic penal law in the Sudan.
For criminal law this book is on the order of Y. Linant de Bellefond's work on comparative Islamic family and civil law.
Koendgen is to be congratulated [...] for achieving access to interviews with high-ranking justices.
[This book] serves as good teaching material for any future correcting of the application of Islamic law under a possibly new regime. It is a valuable historical documentation of thirty-five years of the state's contradictory application of contradictory classical penal Islamic law in the Sudan."
Christina Jones-Pauly in Journal of the American Oriental Society 140.4 (Oct-Dec 2020), 1019-1021.
"The organization of this book, its theoretical nuance, and its attention to case law make it one of the best publications on Islam in Sudan. One hopes for its translation into Arabic in order that it gain a wide readership."
Asma M. Abdel Halim in The American Journal of Islam and Society 37:1-2 (2020), 137-139
doi: 10.35632/ajis.v37i1-2.853
"Koendgen's comprehensive and detailed study constitutes a major achievement that opens a rare window into the doctrinal and judicial aspects of the Sudan's Islamic criminal law. Its in-depth examination of the subject makes it a demanding, and ultimately rewarding read. The Codification of Islamic Criminal Law in the Sudan can be expected to become the main English language reference book on its subject."
Lutz Oette in VRUE Verfassung und Recht in UEbersee 51.2 (2018), 288-291.
https://doi.org/10.5771/0506-7286-2018-2-288
"Olaf Koendgen nous offre une etude extremement approfondie, sinon exhaustive, de l'histoire autant decriee que meconnue de l'islamisation du droit penal au Soudan, a partir des annees 1980. Cas d'etude particulier, il est en meme temps exemple paradigmatique de ce phenomene d'islamisation du droit qui agite le monde musulman depuis un demi-siecle. C'est en cette double qualite qu'il convient d'en faire la lecture."
Baudouin Dupret in Droit et Societe , 11 September 2018.
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Olaf Koendgen, Ph.D. (2013), University of Amsterdam, is Head of Research of the Directorate of Policy Planning at the Council of Europe (Strasbourg). He has published on politics and law of the Sudan, Jordan, Egypt, and Lebanon, including Das Islamisierte Strafrecht des Sudan (Deutsches Orient-Institut, Hamburg 1992) and Jordanien (Munich: C.H. Beck, 1999).
Acknowledgments
1 Introduction
?The Study of Islamic Criminal Law in the Sudan
?Research Questions
?Sources Used
?Structure
2 A Short History of Islamic Law in the Sudan
?Law in the Funj Sultanate (1504-1821) and in Dar Fur (1640-1916)
?The Centralization of Justice under Ottoman-Egyptian Rule (1820-1881)
?Shari?a of Its Own Kind: Islamic Jurisdiction under the Mahdi (1881-1898)
?The Condominium and the Introduction of British-Indian Law (1898-1956)
?Discussions on the Islamization of Law (1952-1969)
?Numayri and the Islamization of the Sudanese Legal System (1969-1985)
?Procrastination under Siwar al-Dhahab and ?adiq al-Mahdi (1985-1989)
?A Regime with an Agenda: al-Bashir and al-Turabi Take Over (1989-)
3 Sources, Structures, Procedure, Evidence, and General Principles
?Criminal Legislation
?Enforcement and Procedure
?General Principles in Sudanese Islamic Criminal Law
?Sanctions
4 Unlawful Sexual Intercourse (Zina) and Related Offenses
?Zina and Related Offenses in the fiqh
?Zina and Related Offenses in Sudanese Criminal Legislation
?Zina and Related Offenses in Supreme Court Case Law
5 Unfounded Accusation of Unlawful Sexual Intercourse (Qadhf)
?Qadhf in Islamic Jurisprudence (fiqh)
?Qadhf in the Sudanese Penal Codes of 1983 and 1991
?Punishment of Qadhf
?Lapsing of Qadhf
6 Alcohol Consumption (shurb al-khamr)
?Definition and Punishment of Alcohol Consumption in the fiqh
?The Definition of Alcohol Consumption in the Criminal Codes of 1983 and 1991
?Punishment of Alcohol Consumption in the Criminal Codes of 1983 and 1991
?The Lapsing of the ?add Penalty for Alcohol Consumption
7 ?add Theft (sariqa ?addiyya)
??add Theft in the fiqh
??add Theft in the Penal Code of 1983
??add Theft in the Criminal Bill of 1988 and the Criminal Act of 1991
8 Highway Robbery (?iraba)
??iraba in the fiqh
??iraba in the Penal Code of 1983
??iraba in the Criminal Act of 1991
9 Apostasy (ridda)
?Apostasy in the fiqh
?Apostasy in the Penal Code of 1983
?Apostasy in the Criminal Act of 1991
10 Homicide and Bodily Harm
?Homicide and Bodily Harm in the fiqh
?Homicide, Bodily Harm, and Their Punishment before and after the Penal Code of 1983
?Homicide, Bodily Harm, and Their Punishment in the Criminal Act of 1991
11 Ta?zir
?Ta?zir in the fiqh
?Ta?zir in the Penal Codes of 1983 and the Criminal Act of 1991
12 Human Rights and Sudanese Islamic Criminal Law
?Survey of Human Rights Violations
?Survey of Severe Shari?a Penalties
13 Conclusion
?Development in Legislation
?Development in Procedure and Evidence
?Supreme Court Case Law
?Political and Historical Factors
?Final Thoughts
Glossary of Arabic Legal Terms
References
Sudanese Laws and Legislative Projects
List of Quoted Supreme Court Cases
Index
