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Author : Timothy Insoll
Release : 2003-07-03
Genre : History
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Book Synopsis The Archaeology of Islam in Sub-Saharan Africa by : Timothy Insoll
Download or read book The Archaeology of Islam in Sub-Saharan Africa written by Timothy Insoll. This book was released on 2003-07-03. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Table of contents
Author : Charlotte A. Quinn
Release : 2003-03-06
Genre : Religion
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Book Synopsis Pride, Faith, and Fear by : Charlotte A. Quinn
Download or read book Pride, Faith, and Fear written by Charlotte A. Quinn. This book was released on 2003-03-06. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: While nearly one in every five people in the world today is Muslim, Islam is spreading most rapidly in Sub-Saharan Africa, where one in three Africans today practices a form of Islam. Sub-Saharan Africa is today home to over 150 million Muslims. Although immensely varied, African Islam, the authors demonstrate, is defined by three overarching beliefs. First, African Islam is local Islam, with no ordained clergy or international body to regulate doctrine. At the same time, the importance of Islam as a source of communal identity, both within African societies and as part of the worldwide Islamic community, is a defining feature of the African Muslim worldview. Finally, there is a pervasive belief among African Muslims that the West is on a new crusade against Islam. At a time of growing interest in the worldwide expansion of Islam, the Islamic revival in Africa deserves special attention. With in-depth coverage of Islam in countries across Sub-Saharan Africa, Pride, Faith, and Fear provides both a general overview of African Islam and a detailed picture of Muslim politics--which are increasingly national politics--in some of Africa's most populous regions.
Author : Pade Badru
Release : 2013-05-23
Genre : Religion
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Book Rating : 704/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Islam in Africa South of the Sahara by : Pade Badru
Download or read book Islam in Africa South of the Sahara written by Pade Badru. This book was released on 2013-05-23. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Islam in Africa South of the Sahara: Essays in Gender Relations and Political Reform draws together contributions from scholars that focus on changes taking place in the practice of the religion and their effects on the political terrain and civil society. Contributors explore the dramatic changes in gender relations within Islam on the continent, occasioned in part by the events of 9/11 and the response of various Islamic states to growing negative media coverage. These explorations of the dynamics of religious change, reconfigured gender relations, and political reform consider not only the role of state authorities but the impact of ordinary Muslim women who have taken to challenging the surbodinate role assigned to them in Islam. Essays are far-ranging in their scope as the future of Islam in sub-Saharan Africa falls under the microscope, with contributing addressing such topics as the Islamic view of the historic Arab enslavement of Africans and colonialist ventures; studies of gender politics in Gambia, northern Nigeria, and Ghana; surveys of the impact of Sharia law in Nigeria and Sudan; the political role of Islam in Somalia, South Africa, and African diaspora communities. Islam in Africa South of the Sahara is an ideal reader for students and scholars of international politics, comparative theology, race and ethnicity, comparative sociology, African and Islamic studies.
Author : Nehemia Levtzion
Release : 2000
Genre : Religion
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Book Synopsis The History of Islam in Africa by : Nehemia Levtzion
Download or read book The History of Islam in Africa written by Nehemia Levtzion. This book was released on 2000. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The history of the Islamic faith in Africa spans 14 centuries. This book provides a detailed mapping of the cultural, political, geographic and religious past of Islam in a single volume. Intended as a reference and textbook, it does not assume prior knowledge of the subject.
Author : Fallou Ngom
Release : 2020-09-26
Genre : Religion
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Book Rating : 591/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis The Palgrave Handbook of Islam in Africa by : Fallou Ngom
Download or read book The Palgrave Handbook of Islam in Africa written by Fallou Ngom. This book was released on 2020-09-26. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This handbook generates new insights that enrich our understanding of the history of Islam in Africa and the diverse experiences and expressions of the faith on the continent. The chapters in the volume cover key themes that reflect the preoccupations and realities of many African Muslims. They provide readers access to a comprehensive treatment of the past and current traditions of Muslims in Africa, offering insights on different forms of Islamization that have taken place in several regions, local responses to Islamization, Islam in colonial and post-colonial Africa, and the varied forms of Jihād movements that have occurred on the continent. The handbook provides updated knowledge on various social, cultural, linguistic, political, artistic, educational, and intellectual aspects of the encounter between Islam and African societies reflected in the lived experiences of African Muslims and the corpus of African Islamic texts.
