TY  - BOOK
AU  - Loimeier,Roman
TI  - Islamic reform in twentieth-century Africa 
SN  - 0748695435
AV  - BP64.A1 LOI L645 2016
U1  - BP 64.AI LOI 23
PY  - 2016///
CY  - Edinburgh
PB  - Edinburgh University Press
KW  - Islam
KW  - Africa
KW  - History
KW  - Islamic renewal
KW  - Islam and politics
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and 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
ER  -