Islamic reform in twentieth-century Africa
Loimeier, Roman,
Islamic reform in twentieth-century Africa [electronic resource] / Roman Loimeier. - 1 online resource.
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.
9780748695447 0748695443
22573/ctt1f5grph JSTOR
RELIGION / Islam / General
Islam--History.--Africa
Islamic renewal--Africa.
Islam and politics.
Islam.
Islam and politics.
Islamic renewal.
Islam
Erneuerung
Politik
Politische Reform
Reformbewegung
Africa.
Subsaharisches Afrika
Electronic books.
History.
BP64.A1 / L645 2016eb
960
Islamic reform in twentieth-century Africa [electronic resource] / Roman Loimeier. - 1 online resource.
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.
9780748695447 0748695443
22573/ctt1f5grph JSTOR
RELIGION / Islam / General
Islam--History.--Africa
Islamic renewal--Africa.
Islam and politics.
Islam.
Islam and politics.
Islamic renewal.
Islam
Erneuerung
Politik
Politische Reform
Reformbewegung
Africa.
Subsaharisches Afrika
Electronic books.
History.
BP64.A1 / L645 2016eb
960
