Islamic Polarisation and the Politics of Exclusion in Ghana: Tijaniyya and Salafist Struggles over Muslim Orthodoxy
This article explores how the revival of the Tijaniyya and the Salafi movement shaped public discourse about Islam in Ghana. Examining the debates which characterised the religious sphere in the 1990s re-democratisation, the article highlights the power struggle which shaped the relations between th...
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Islamic Africa
Year: 2019, Volume: 10, Issue: 1/2, Pages: 153-180 |
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Salafism
B Tijaniyya B Ethnicity B Muslim youth B Polarisation B politicisation of Islam B Ghana |
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