Rethinking Islam and Muslim societies in Africa
In: African affairs: the journal of the Royal African Society, Volume 106, Issue 423, p. 319-326
ISSN: 1468-2621
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In: African affairs: the journal of the Royal African Society, Volume 106, Issue 423, p. 319-326
ISSN: 1468-2621
In: African affairs: the journal of the Royal African Society, Volume 105, Issue 418, p. 77-95
ISSN: 1468-2621
If before 11 September 2001, many praised Mali as a model of democracy, secularism & toleration, many have now begun to express concern about the rise of Islamic fundamentalism in Mali. I consider a number of recent public debates in Mali over morality, so-called women's issues, & the proposed changes in the Family Code & show how the perspectives of many Malians on these issues are not new but rather relate to longstanding & ongoing debates about Islam, secularism, politics, morality & law. What is new is the way in which some Muslim religious leaders have been articulating their complaints & criticisms. Since the guarantee of the freedom of expression & association in the early 1990s, there has been a proliferation of independent newspapers & private radio stations & new Islamic associations with a coterie of increasingly media-savvy activists. I explore how some Muslim activists have used such outlets to articulate the concerns of some ordinary Malians, who face the contradictions of living as modern Muslim citizens in a modernizing & secularizing state where, in this age of neoliberal governmentality, the allegedly un-Islamic seems to be always just around the corner. References. Adapted from the source document.
In: African affairs: the journal of the Royal African Society, Volume 105, Issue 418, p. 77-95
ISSN: 1468-2621
In: Journal of ethnic and migration studies: JEMS, Volume 30, Issue 5, p. 913-927
ISSN: 1469-9451
In: Economy and society, Volume 28, Issue 4, p. 497-519
ISSN: 1469-5766
In: Africa today, Volume 54, Issue 3, p. vii-xii
ISSN: 1527-1978