Shifting Trajectories of Salafi/Ahl-Sunna Reformism in Ghana

This article explores the shifting trajectories of Salafi-inclined reforms in Ghana since the 1950s. I illustrate that Ghanaian expressions of Salafism emerged in the 1950s from local doctrinal debates between members of the Tījāniyya Sufi brotherhood and those who opposed Sufism. The opposition aga...

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Main Author: Kobo, Ousman Murzik (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Brill 2015
In: Islamic Africa
Year: 2015, Volume: 6, Issue: 1/2, Pages: 60-81
Further subjects:B Madrasa
B shirk
B Ghana
B Reform
B bidaʿ
B Salafi
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