Islam and Muslim Politics in Africa

✍ Scribed by Benjamin F. Soares, René Otayek (eds.)

• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan US
• Year: 2007
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 283
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Political liberalization and economic reform, the weakening of the state, and increased global interconnections have all had profound effects on Muslim societies and the practice of Islam in Africa. The contributors to this volume investigate and illuminate the changes that have occurred in Africa, through detailed case studies.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages I-IX
Introduction: Islam and Muslim Politics in Africa....Pages 1-24
Front Matter....Pages 25-25
Islam in Mauritania Between Political Expansion and Globalization: Elites, Institutions, Knowledge, and Networks....Pages 27-46
Global Concerns, Local Realities: Islam and Islamism in a Somali State Under Construction....Pages 47-63
Transformations of Islam and Communal Relations in Wallo, Ethiopia....Pages 65-83
Aid, Umma, and Politics: Transnational Islamic Ngos in Chad....Pages 85-102
New Religious Actors in South Africa: The Example of Islamic Humanitarianism....Pages 103-118
Front Matter....Pages 119-119
Muslim Reformists and the State in Benin....Pages 121-136
Perceptions of Marginalization: Muslims in Contemporary Tanzania....Pages 137-156
Kenyan Muslims, the Aftermath of 9/11, and the “War On Terror”....Pages 157-176
Politics and Sharia in Northern Nigeria....Pages 177-188
Political Islam in Sudan: Islamists and the Challenge of State Power (1989–2004)....Pages 189-208
Front Matter....Pages 209-209
Islam in Mali in the Neoliberal Era....Pages 211-226
Islamic Associations in Cameroon: Between the Umma and the State....Pages 227-241
Negotiating Futures: Islam, Youth, and the State in Niger....Pages 243-262
Back Matter....Pages 263-280

✦ Subjects

African Culture; Religious Studies, general; African Politics; Sociology of Religion; Islam; Sociology, general