In Whose Image? Political Islam and Urban Practices in Sudan. - SIMONE , T.ABDOU MALIQALIM
political Islam and urban practices in Sudan
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A Muslim scholar with extensive experience in Africa, T. Abdou Maliqalim Simone was recruited by the Islamic fundamentalist Shari‘a Movement in Sudan to act as consultant for its project to unite Muslims and non-Muslims in Khartoum's shanty towns. Based on his interviews with hundreds of individuals during this time, plus extensive historical and archival research, In Whose Image? is a penetrating examination of the use of Islam as a tool for political transformation. Drawing a detailed portrait of political fundamentalism during the 1985-89 period of democratic rule in the Sudan, Simone shows how the Shari‘a Movement attempted to shape a viable social order by linking religious integrity and economic development, where religious practice was to dominate all aspects of society and individuals' daily lives. However, because Sudanese society is remarkably diverse ethnically and religiously, this often led to conflict, fragmentation, and violence in the name of Islam. Simone's own Islamic background leads him to...
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1994Uitgever: University of Chicago Press273 paginasTaal: EngelsISBN-10: 0226758702ISBN-13: 9780226758701Koop dit boek tweedehands
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Original publisher's paperback, pictorial frontcover, 8vo: x, 274pp., chapternotes & references, index, table of contents. Very fine copy - as new. Chicago-London, University of Chicago Press 1994 [Auteur: SIMONE , T.ABDOU MALIQALIM] [Jaar: 1994] [Titel: In Whose Image? Political Islam and Urban Practices in Sudan.]
