Islamic reform and Arab nationalism: expanding the crescent from the Mediterranean to the Indian Ocean (1880s-1930s)

This book examines the relationship between Islam and nationalism and the evolution of identity politics. Bridging African and Arab histories and giving a cross-national and cross-regional analysis of movements of religious reform, nationalism and anti-colonialism, its wide geographical coverage ranges from Zanzibar on the Indian Ocean through to Oman into the Mediterranean

1. Arabs in Zanzibar : revisiting history -- 2. The Ibadi nahda in Oman and Zanzibar : from tajdid to anticolonialism -- 3. Zanzibar and Mzab : historical legacies and colonial encounters -- 4. Zanzibar : in the realm of the Mashriq -- 5. Nasir al-Bahlani : "A man in a nation and a nation in a man" -- 6. In the realm of Salafi Islam : the Ibadi diaspora, the Arabic press, and the making of Zanzibari nationalism -- 7. Guarding the watan : education and identity in interwar Zanzibar.

Examines the relationship between Islam and nationalism and the evolution of identity politics. Offering a cross-national and cross-regional analysis of movements of religious reform, nationalism and anti-colonialism, this title provides geographical coverage that ranges from Zanzibar on the Indian Ocean through to Oman into the Mediterranean