Islam and Muslim Politics in Africa

1. Introduction: Islam and Muslim Politics in Africa
René Otayek, Benjamin F. Soares

Part I. Between the Local and the Global

2. Islam in Mauritania Between Political Expansion and Globalization: Elites, Institutions, Knowledge, and Networks
Zekeria Ould Ahmed Salem

3. Global Concerns, Local Realities: Islam and Islamism in a Somali State Under Construction
Marleen Renders

4. Transformations of Islam and Communal Relations in Wallo, Ethiopia
Jan Abbink

5. Aid, Umma, and Politics: Transnational Islamic Ngos in Chad
Mayke Kaag

6. New Religious Actors in South Africa: The Example of Islamic Humanitarianism
Samadia Sadouni

Part II. The Question of the State

7. Muslim Reformists and the State in Benin
Denise Brégand

8. Perceptions of Marginalization: Muslims in Contemporary Tanzania
Roman Loimeier

9. Kenyan Muslims, the Aftermath of 9/11, and the “War On Terror”
Rüdiger Seesemann

10. Politics and Sharia in Northern Nigeria
Sanusi Lamido Sanusi

11. Political Islam in Sudan: Islamists and the Challenge of State Power (1989–2004)
Einas Ahmed

Part III. New Ways of Being Muslim

12. Islam in Mali in the Neoliberal Era
Benjamin F. Soares

13. Islamic Associations in Cameroon: Between the Umma and the State
Hamadou Adama

14. Negotiating Futures: Islam, Youth, and the State in Niger
Adeline Masquelier

Keywords: Cultural and Media Studies, African Culture, Religious Studies, general, African Politics, Sociology of Religion, Islam, Sociology, general