Islam in Africa south of the Sahara : essays in gender relations and political reform

Islam in Africa south of the Sahara : essays in gender relations and political reform /

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.

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Online Access: Full text (MCPHS users only)
Other Authors: Badru, Pade, Sackey, Brigid M.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Lanham, Maryland : The Scarecrow Press, Inc. 2013
Subjects:
Islam > Africa, Sub-Saharan.
Muslims > Africa, Sub-Saharan.
Sex role > Africa, Sub-Saharan.
Africa, Sub-Saharan > Politics and government > 1960-
Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central
Table of Contents:
  • Islam and the African world / Sulayman S. Nyang
  • Basic doctrines of Islam and colonialism in Africa / Pade Badru
  • Arab enslavement of Africans : an Islamic viewpoint / Olayinka Kudus Amuni
  • One hundred years of Muslim community in Accra : a historical study of Tudu from 1900 to 2000 / Samuel A. Ntewusu
  • Renegotiating gender : changing moral practice in the Tablighi Jama'at in the Gambia / Marloes Janson
  • The status of women in Islam : perceptions from a visit to the Madina Central Mosque in Accra, Ghana / Brigid M. Sackey
  • Muslim women in political leadership in Hausa society of northern Nigeria / Fatima L. Adamu and John V. Mensah
  • Islamic call : the role of women in Da'wah activities, Dagbon, northern Ghana : the case of Hajia Mariam Alolo / Issah Alhassan Abubakari and Alhassan Sulemana Anamzoya
  • Religious experience and women leadership in Nigerian Islam / David O. Ogungbile
  • Nigeria's sharia criminal procedure codes / Philip Ostien
  • Sharia implementation and female Muslims in Nigeria's sharia states / Jamila M. Nasir
  • The past in the present : the issue of sharia in the Sudan / R.S. O'Fahey
  • Religious models for peace and war in a heterogeneous society : a case study of the sharia law model in Yorubaland / Lateef Mobolaji Adetona
  • Islamic political dynamics in the Somali Civil War / Roland Marchal
  • Islam vs. Islamism : the South African dimension / Hussein Solomon
  • Political Islam in the African diaspora : a history of the Nation of Islam / Pade Badru.

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