Muslim modernity in postcolonial Nigeria : a study of the Society for the Removal of Innovation and Reinstatement of Tradition /

Covers Muslim modernity in a country with the largest single Muslim population in Sub-Saharan Africa. It is devoted to the study of the largest single Muslim fundamentalist organization in postcolonial Sub-Saharan Africa, the Society for the Removal of Innovation and Reinstatement of Tradition.

Détails bibliographiques
Cote:Libro Electrónico
Auteur principal: Kane, Ousmane
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Boston, MA : Brill, 2003.
Collection:Islam in Africa ; v. 1.
Sujets:
Yan Izala (Organization)
1984-1993
Islam and politics > Nigeria.
Islam > Nigeria > Societies, etc.
Sufis > Political activity > Nigeria.
Islam > Nigeria > Associations.
Soufis > Activité politique > Nigeria.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Islamic Studies.
Islam and politics
Islam > Societies, etc.
Politics and government
Sufis > Political activity
Nigeria > Politics and government > 1984-1993.
Nigeria > Politique et gouvernement > 1984-1993.
Nigeria
Samfundsvidenskab > Sociologi.
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • Introduction: Normative versus alternative modernity
  • Agents and Aspects of Social Change in Twentieth-Century Nigeria
  • Kano in the Nigerian Context
  • The Fragmentation of Sacred Authority
  • The Social Base of the Yan Izala
  • Worldview and Recruitment Patterns of the Yan Izala
  • Counter-Reform Movements
  • The Politics of Muslim-Christian Confrontation in Nigeria
  • The Domestication of Izala.

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