Islam and Muslim life in West Africa : practices, trajectories and influences /

The book offers an examination of issues, institutions and actors that have become central to Muslim life in the region. Focusing on leadership, authority, law, gender, media, aesthetics, radicalization and cooperation, it offers insights into processes that reshape power structures and the experien...

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Corporate Author: Walter de Gruyter & Co
Other Authors: Sounaye, Abdoulaye, 1967- (Editor), Chappatte, André (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Berlin : De Gruyter, [2022]
Series:Studien (Zentrum Moderner Orient (Berlin, Germany)) ; 42.
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary:The book offers an examination of issues, institutions and actors that have become central to Muslim life in the region. Focusing on leadership, authority, law, gender, media, aesthetics, radicalization and cooperation, it offers insights into processes that reshape power structures and the experience of being Muslim. It makes room for perspectives from the region in an academic world shaped by scholarship mostly from Europe and America.
Physical Description:1 online resource (1 volume) : illustrations (black and white, and colour).
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:9783110733204
311073320X