Sects & social disorder : muslim identities & conflict in northern Nigeria /

Analyses Muslim-Muslim divisions within northern Nigeria, which are as important for understanding the violence in the region as those between Muslim and Christian (for which, see the companion volume, Creeds & Grievance), with consequences for long-term peacemaking.

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Other Authors: Mustapha, Abdul Raufu (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Woodbridge [England] : James Currey, 2014.
Series:Western Africa series.
Subjects:
Muslims > Nigeria, Northern.
Musulmans > Nigeria (Nord)
RELIGION > Islam > General.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Political Process > General.
Muslims
Northern Nigeria
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Frontcover; Contents; List of Maps, Figures & Tables; Notes on Contributors; Foreword by Muhammad Sani Umar; Acknowledgements; Glossary; 1 Introduction: Interpreting Islam Sufis, Salafists, Shi'ites & Islamists in northern Nigeria; 2 From dissent to dissidence: The genesis & development of reformist Islamic groups in northern Nigeria; 3 Contemporary Islamic sects & groups in northern Nigeria; 4 Experiencing inequality at close range: Almajiri students & Qur'anic schools in Kano; 5 'Marginal Muslims': Ethnic identity & the Umma in Kano; 6 Understanding Boko Haram.

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