Zanzibari Muslim Moderns Islamic Paths to Progress in the Interwar Period

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Titre

Zanzibari Muslim Moderns Islamic Paths to Progress in the Interwar Period

Créateur

Bang, Anne K. Voir tous les contenus avec cette valeur

Résumé

Zanzibari Muslim Moderns is a historical study of Zanzibar during the interwar years. This was a period marked by rapid intellectual and social change in the Muslim world, when ideas of Islamic progress and development were hotly debated. How did this process play out in Zanzibar?

Based on a wide range of sources—Islamic and colonial, private and public—Anne K. Bang examines how these concepts were received and promoted on the island, arguing that a new ideal emerged in its intellectual arena: the Muslim modern. Tracing the influences that shaped the outlook of this new figure, Bang draws lines to Islamic modernists in the Middle East, to local Sufi teachings, and to the recently founded state of Saudi Arabia. She presents the activities of the Muslim modern in the colonial employment system, as a contributor to international debates, as an activist in the community, and more. She also explores the formation of numerous faith-based associations during this period, as well as the views of the Muslim modern on everything from funerary practices and Mawlid celebrations to reading habits. A recurring theme throughout is the question with which many Muslim moderns were confronted: who should implement development? And for whom?

Couverture spatiale

London

Editeur

Hurst Voir tous les contenus avec cette valeur

Date

2024

nombre de pages

256

Langue

eng

ISBN

978-1-911723-82-0

uri

https://www.hurstpublishers.com/book/zanzibari-muslim-moderns/

Bang, Anne K., “Zanzibari Muslim Moderns Islamic Paths to Progress in the Interwar Period”, Hurst, 2024, bibliographie, consulté le 18 septembre 2024, https://ibadica.org/s/bibliographie/item/24591