Islam and Muslim Life in West Africa

Islam and Muslim Life in West Africa
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Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Total Pages : 244
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ISBN-10 : 9783110733204
ISBN-13 : 311073320X
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Download or read book Islam and Muslim Life in West Africa written by Abdoulaye Sounaye and published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. This book was released on 2022-12-19 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.


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