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In the early 1990s, democratization in Niger meant a political reform detached from the military rule, but also safe from religious influence. The adoption of the principle of a radical secularism (laicite) sought, first, the autonomy of the political sphere from the religious one, and second, the submission of religious authority to the political one. The consecration of this principle led to the criticism of Muslim public actors who argued that such a principle was violating the religious identity of Niger's society. This paper discusses the difficulty to separate the realm of politics from that of religion as Islamic organizations and Muslim actors have stepped into the political arena, articulating various religion-inspired discourses and seeking the conversion of Niger's politics to Islam. Nowadays, this activism led to a rearrangement of the state's position in relation to religiosity and its role in the public domain. This case of ambiguous secularism, I suggest, might be one of a reinterpretation not only of secularism, but of democratization itself. Adapted from the source document.

"Cet essai revient sur la question de l'islam contemporain dans ses rapports multiples à la modernité en Afrique. Il expose quelques éléments d'analyse des dynamiques de réforme de l'islam dans un contexte africain à partir des années 1990. Il prend les récents développements relatifs aux religiosités musulmanes au Niger comme objet de réflexion et s'interroge sur les habits théoriques et les catégories conceptuelles qui nous servent à comprendre ce phénomène social, politique, mais aussi philosophique. Mettant en selle une anthropologie de l'islam, sa suggestion méthodologique met en exergue l'importance d'une alliance entre le spéculatif et l'empirique pour une analyse pertinente des discours et des pratiques religieuses contemporaines. Ainsi, il voudrait ouvrir un champ d'investigation non seulement aux philosophes et anthropologues, mais à tous ceux qui s'intéressent aux dynamiques africaines et souhaitent les théoriser."--Page 4 of cover

Abstract: This volume examines religiosity on university campuses in Sub-Saharan Africa. Focusing on both individuals and organized groups, the contributions open a window onto how religion becomes a factor, affects social interactions, is experienced and mobilized by various actors. It brings together case studies from various disciplinary backgrounds (anthropology, sociology, history, religious studies, literature) and theoretical orientations to illustrate the significance of religiosity in recent developments on university campuses. It pays a particular attention to religion-informed activism and contributes a fresh analysis of processes that are shaping both the experience of being student and the university campus as a moral space. Last but not least, it sheds light onto the ways in which the campus becomes a site of a reformulation of both religiosity and sociality.

Neue muslimische Stimmen in der afrikanischen Sahelzone. - Alexander Thurston. - Die sezessionistische und die islamische Forderung im Nördlichen Mali. - George Klute. - Jugend, Politik und Religion in Niger - Die Wahlen im Februar 2016. - Abdoulaye Sounaye. - Die Sufi-Orden in der senegalesischen Politik. - Rüdiger Seesemann. - Politische Mobilisierung und das Erbe der Sklaverei in Mauretanien. - Christine Hardung. - Traditionaler Koranunterricht als nachhaltige Entwicklungshilfe? - Britta Frede. - Dokumentation - ein Interview mit Fatimetou Mint Meydah.- Britta Frede. - Handel in der Sahara - Alltägliche Sorgen - internationale Ängste. - Judith Scheele. - Von der Front zum Staat - die Frente POLISARIO und die DARS. - Axel Goldau. - Libyen unter und nach Qadhafi. - Bernhard Schmid. - Bestellter Terror. - Jeremy Keenan. - Sudan,Südsudan - 5 Jahre nach der Teilung. - Roman Deckert