African Islam and Islam in Africa : Encounters between Sufis and Islamists

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<p>CONTENTS: Introduction: The Islamization of “Tradition” and “Modernity” / Eva Evers Rosander -- Sub-Saharan Africa and the Wider World of Islam: Historical and Contemporary Perspectives / Johan Hunwick -- Maghribi Islam and Islam in the Maghrib: The Eternal Dichotomy / George Joffé -- Islam and Human Rights in Sahelian Africa / Abdullahi Ahmed An-Na’im -- Translations of the Quran into Swahili, and Contemporary Islamic Revival in East Africa / Justo Lacunza-Balda -- The Islamization of Contemporary Egypt / Tomas Gerholm -- Sufism and Islamism in the Sudan / Muhammad Mahmoud -- The Role of Sufi Women in an Algerian Pilgrimage Ritual / Sossie Andezian -- The Making of a Mouride Mahdi: Serigne Abdoulaye Yakhine Diop of Thies / Rose Lake -- The Power of Knowledge: The Life of Alhaji Ibrahim Goni, Islamic Judge in Ngaoundéré, Northern Cameroon / Lisbet Holtedahl and Mahmoudou Djingui -- Islamic Reform and Political Change: The Example of Abubkar Gumi and the Yan Izala Movement in Northern Nigeria / Roman Loimeier -- Reaction and Action: Accounting for the Rise of Islamism / David Westerlund</p>