Islamic reform in twentieth-century Africa /

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Author / Creator:Loimeier, Roman, author.
Imprint:Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, [2016]
©2016
Description:1 online resource
Language:English
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Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/12350414
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ISBN:9780748695447
0748695443
9781474414913
1474414915
0748695435
9780748695430
9781474427050
1474427057
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary:Based on twelve case studies (Senegal, Mali, Nigeria, Niger, Chad, Sudan, Ethiopia, Somalia, Kenya, Tanzania, Zanzibar and the Comoros), this book looks at patterns and peculiarities of different traditions of Islamic reform. Considering both Sufi- and Salafi-oriented movements in their respective historical contexts, it stresses the importance of the local context to explain the different trajectories of development. The book studies the social, religious and political impact of these reform movements in both historical and contemporary times and asks why some have become successful as popular mass movements, while others failed to attract substantial audiences. It also considers jihad-minded movements in contemporary Mali, northern Nigeria and Somalia and looks at modes of transnational entanglement of movements of reform. Against the background of a general inquiry into what constitutes 'reform', the text responds to the question of what 'reform' actually means for Muslims in contemporary Africa. The first comprehensive analysis of Muslim movements of reform in modern sub-Saharan Africa. Based on twelve case studies (Senegal, Mali, Nigeria, Niger, Chad, Sudan, Ethiopia, Somalia, Kenya, Tanzania, Zanzibar and the Comoros), this book looks at patterns and peculiarities of different traditions of Islamic reform. Considering both Sufi- and Salafi-oriented movements in their respective historical contexts, it stresses the importance of the local context to explain the different trajectories of development. The book studies the social, religious and political impact of these reform movements in both historical and contemporary times and asks why some have become successful as popular mass movements, while others failed to attract substantial audiences. It also considers jihad-minded movements in contemporary Mali, northern Nigeria and Somalia and looks at modes of transnational entanglement of movements of reform. Against the background of a general inquiry into what constitutes ÃǾ²Ơ℗reform', the text responds to the question of what ÃǾ²Ơ℗₋reform' actually means for Muslims in contemporary Africa. Key features. Biographies of reformist scholars complement the text Case studies are placed in the context of the dynamics of ÃǾ²Ơ℗₋reform' in the larger world of Islam Addresses the importance of trans-national entanglements and their formative power Focuses on the dynamics of social and religious development, the political dynamics of Islamic ÃǾ²Ơ℗₋reform' and issues of youth, generational change and gender
Other form:Print version: 0748695435 9780748695430