TY  - BOOK
AU  - Loimeier,Roman
TI  - Islamic reform in twentieth-century Africa
SN  - 9780748695447
AV  - BP64.A1 L645 2016eb
U1  - 960 23
PY  - 2016///]
CY  - Edinburgh
PB  - Edinburgh University Press
KW  - Islam
KW  - Africa
KW  - History
KW  - Islamic renewal
KW  - Islam and politics
KW  - Afrique
KW  - Histoire
KW  - Renouveau islamique
KW  - RELIGION
KW  - General
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - fast
KW  - gnd
KW  - Erneuerung
KW  - Politik
KW  - Politische Reform
KW  - Reformbewegung
KW  - Subsaharisches Afrika
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; Islamic reform in twentieth-century africa -- Copyright -- Contents -- Glossary of Arabic Terms -- Foreword -- A Note on Islamic Transnational Organisations -- 1 Introduction: The Context of Reform -- 2 What is Reform? -- 3 Reform in Context I: Senegal (and Mali) -- 4 Reform in Context II: Northern Nigeria (and Niger) -- 5 Reform in Context III: Chad, Sudan, Ethiopia, Somalia -- 6 Reform in Context IV: Tanganyika/Tanzania (and Kenya) -- 7 Reform in Context V: Zanzibar (and the Comoros) -- 8 Conclusion: The Meaning of Islamic Reform -- BibliographY -- index
N2  - 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
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