Foreword / Mark Hill
Introduction / M. Christian Green
I. Countering Religious Radicalisation and Extremism
Curbing religious extremism of Boko Haram insurgency in Nigeria: Judicial interventionism and human rights absolutism / Wahab O. Egbewole and Hanafi A. Hammed
Religious radicalism and security threats in the Sahel / Seyni Moumouni
The role of religion and religious freedom in responding to violent extremism / Brett G. Scharffs
II. Blasphemy, Religious Freedom and Freedom of Expression
Nigeria's blasphemy laws and the competing rights: Taming the self-appointed god avengers through judicial process / Musa Usman Abubakar
Blasphemy, religious defamation and hate speech: A comparison of the European Court of Human Rights and the Rabat Plan of Action / Burkhard J. Berkmann
Freedom of expression and freedom of religion: Drawing the lines between hate speech, blasphemy and free speech / Cristiana Cianitto
Secularity and exercise of religious freedoms in public service media in Cote d'Ivoire / Celestin Gnonzion
III. Religious Extremism and Counterterrorism Laws in Kenya
Socio-legal implications of the laws to combat religious extremism in Kenya / Fathima Azmiya Badurdeen
(Re)framing terror attacks in Kenya: Contrastive frames from the National Council of Churches of Kenya (NCCK) and the Evangelical Alliance of Kenya (EAK) / Loreen Maseno
The need for a substantive fatwa institution in countering violent extremism in Kenya / Tito Kunyuk
IV. Just War and Peace in Africa
Religious foundations of the notion of bellum iustum / Johan D. van der Vyver
Counterterrorism and religious violence in Nigeria: A just war perspective on the doctrine of necessity / Simeon O. Illesanmi and Kate E. Temoney
The "Spirit of Assisi", or when religions commit to peace / Jean-Baptiste Sourou
V. Secularism and Securitisation of Space and Land
Religion and the secular state order: The Ethiopian experience / Mohammed Dejen Assem
Securing body, space and structure through the powers of law and state: Some South African urban examples of displacement and reconciliation / Yolanda van der Vyver
Religion and law: The promise and perils of the Cameroon Land Law / Elias Kifon Bongmba and Tanto Richard Talla
VI. Witchcraft and Security in the Sociojudicial Sphere
An anthropological study of "witch camps" and human rights in northern Ghana / Saibu Mutaru
Divisi witchcraft in contemporary Zimbabwe: Contest between two legal systems as incubator of social tensions among the Shona people / Bernard Pindukai Humbe
"He then became a lion": Witchcraft accusations in rural Mozambique / Julio Machele
The legality of witchcraft allegations in colonial and postcolonial Zimbabwe / Fortune Sibanda
VII. Marriage, Family and Social Security
Conflictual insertion of marriage ordinances in British colonial Africa: The Ghanaian experience / John G. Esubonteng
Domestic violence legislation in Zimbabwe: Probing into the security of women in rural communities / Elias G. Konyana
Socio-cultural, economical and organisational determinants of child marriage in Cameroon / Helen Namondo Linonge-Fontebo
VIII. Gender, Vulnerability and Agency
Women's rights and religion: Political and legal complexities affecting the domestication of CEDAW and the AU Women's Protocol in Nigeria / Abiola Akiyode-Afolabi
Female circumcision as an African problem: Double standards or harsh reality? / Sohail Wahedi