Abstract
West African Muslims boast more than a millennium of Islamic intellectual history. However, the region's Islamic identity is usually explained in terms of recent political, economic, and social changes, with little recourse to the religious preoccupations of Muslims themselves. This article situates contemporary West African Muslim identity in, and sometimes in conscious opposition to, traditional Islamic sciences such as jurisprudence (fiqh) and Sufism (tasawwuf) continuously transmitted for centuries.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 18-23 |
Number of pages | 6 |
Journal | Orient |
Volume | 53 |
Issue number | 1 |
State | Published - 2012 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Geography, Planning and Development
- Development