Islam In East Africa
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Author | : Angel Rabasa |
Publisher | : Rand Corporation |
Total Pages | : 111 |
Release | : 2009 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 0833045199 |
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Author | : John Spencer Trimingham |
Publisher | : Oxford, Clarendon Press |
Total Pages | : 222 |
Release | : 1964 |
Genre | : Africa, East |
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Author | : Lyndon Harries |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 104 |
Release | : 1954 |
Genre | : Africa, East |
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Author | : August H. Nimtz, Jr. |
Publisher | : U of Minnesota Press |
Total Pages | : 252 |
Release | : 1980-12-22 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0816658366 |
Islam and Politics in East Africa was first published in 1980. Minnesota Archive Editions uses digital technology to make long-unavailable books once again accessible, and are published unaltered from the original University of Minnesota Press editions. Focusing on the interplay of religion, society, and politics, August Nimtz examines the role of sufi tariqas (brotherhoods) in Tanzania, where he observed an African Muslim society at first hand. Nimtz opens this book with a historical account of Islam in East Africa, and in subsequent chapters analyzes the role of tariqas in Tanzania and, more specifically, in the coastal city of Bagamoyo. Using a conceptual framework derived from contemporary political theories on social cleavages and individual interests. Nimtz explains why the tariqa is important in the process of political change. The fundamental cleavage in Muslim East Africa, he notes, is that of "whites" versus blacks. Nimtz contends that the tariqus, in serving the interest of blacks (that is, Africans), became in turn vehicles for the mass mobilization of African Muslims during the anti-colonial struggle. In Bagamoyo he finds a similar process and, in addition, reveals that the tariqas have served African interests in opposition to those of "whites" because of the individual benefits they provide. At the same time, Nimtz concludes, the social structure of East African Muslim society has ensured that Africans would be particularly attracted to these benefits. This work will interest both observers of African political development and specialists in the Islamic studies.
Author | : Caleb Chul-soo Kim |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 248 |
Release | : 2004 |
Genre | : Religion |
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Author | : Nehemia Levtzion |
Publisher | : James Currey |
Total Pages | : 616 |
Release | : 2000 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : |
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 | : Hal Marcovitz |
Publisher | : Simon and Schuster |
Total Pages | : 112 |
Release | : 2014-09-29 |
Genre | : Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | : 1422288889 |
Islam is considered the worlds fastest-growing religion, and today more than 420 million Africans follow the Islamic faith. Since Islam was introduced to the continent during the seventh century a.d., it has had a profound political and cultural influence on Africa. This book traces the historical spread of Islam throughout Africa. It also examines current issues and controversies surrounding the Muslim faith in Africa, including fundamentalist interpretations of Islam, efforts to impose Islamic law in countries with mixed Muslim and non-Muslim populations, and religious-based violence.
Author | : Chanfi Ahmed |
Publisher | : Cambridge Scholars Publishing |
Total Pages | : 210 |
Release | : 2018-06-11 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1527512142 |
This book deals with the new dynamics of Islam in East Africa (Tanzania, Kenya, Uganda, Sudan and Comoros) and its attempt to expand through various missionary activities. As Muslim reformers have done elsewhere in the world, the reformers in East Africa are fighting for an Islamic awakening. The central argument of this book is to say that although these activities are supported by contributions from transnational networks, their origins go back to the frustration of Muslim communities of East Africa with politics, education, and professional training. The other argument is to show that this Islamic awakening is not just about the Salafi or Muslim Brothers trend, it concerns also Shī‘a, Sufi, Muslim Bible Scholars and others alike. All these trends mimic each other while competing against each other at the same time. They also take the same position vis-à-vis the various Christian groups.
Author | : Randall L. Pouwels |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 292 |
Release | : 2002-06-06 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780521523097 |
A major historical study of Islam among the Swahili.
Author | : Eva Evers Rosander |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 368 |
Release | : 1997 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : |
This interdisciplinary book focuses primarily on Sufism ("African Islam"), Islamism ("Islam in Africa") and, in particular, on the interaction between these different forms of Islam. Previously, much interest has been concentrated on the critical Islamist views of Western or Western-influenced ideas and patterns of life, while the intra-Muslim relationship between Sufis and Islamists has attracted less attention. Some of the contributions concentrate mainly on Sufism, to which the majority of African Muslims belong, others focus essentially on the increasingly important impact of Islamism; yet others deal more intensively with the encounter between sufis and Islamists. The regional focus is on areas where Muslims form the majority of the population, mainly in North and West Africa. In some of the essays special attention is paid to gender issues. The book will be a valuable addition to earlier studies of Muslims in Africa. Conflicts between adherents of locally contextualized forms of Sufi Islam and more universally-oriented reformist Muslims are not new. However intra-Muslim tensions in North and West Africa have increased in recent decades, largely because of the rise of radical Islamist movements in countries such as Egypt, Algeria and the Sudan. Modernizing Islamists are critical of 'African Islam' and aim to 'purify' if of pre-Islamic African beliefs and practices. However, there is a revival within Sufism too, and a concomitant tendency among Sufi Muslims to adhere more closely to Islamic law. This intriguing example of intra-Islamic debate is the principal theme addressed in the book.