America and the production of Islamic truth in Uganda
"This book investigates American intervention in Islamic education in Uganda during the era of the war on terror. During this period, Muslim education moved from relative autonomy to direct state control and civil society scrutiny. During the colonial period, Muslims in Uganda were treated as l...
| Published in: | Routledge studies on religion in Africa and the diaspora |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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London New York
Routledge Taylor & Francis Group
2023
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Routledge studies on religion in Africa and the diaspora (10)
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| Series/Journal: | Routledge studies on religion in Africa and the diaspora
10 |
| Further subjects: | B
Uganda
Foreign relations (United States)
B United States Foreign relations (Uganda) B Islamic Education Political aspects (Uganda) B Uganda Ethnic relations B Islamic Religious Education Political aspects (Uganda) B Education and state (Uganda) B Islamic Religious Education (Uganda) |
| Parallel Edition: | Erscheint auch als: Sseremba, Yahya: America and the production of Islamic truth in Uganda. - New York : Routledge, 2023. - 9781003356813 |
| Summary: | "This book investigates American intervention in Islamic education in Uganda during the era of the war on terror. During this period, Muslim education moved from relative autonomy to direct state control and civil society scrutiny. During the colonial period, Muslims in Uganda were treated as lesser citizens within the Christian-dominated civil sphere. A local system of Islamic education developed with a degree of autonomy that reflected the limits of the colonial state in shaping the Muslim subject. In the subsequent postcolonial period, systems of patronage and clientalistic networks dominated, and Muslim leaders were co-opted by the state, but without much real interference in the day to day lives of Ugandan Muslims. However, during the war on terror, the US State Department sought to bring the mechanisms of Islamic truth production, especially the madrasa, under direct state control. This book argues that the separation of the Muslim domain has now come to an end as it is absorbed into civil society, unifying the state's domination of society in the postcolonial era. However, the book also analyses local Ugandan Muslim initiatives to modernise and contextualise their own education and religion and how these initiatives are shaped by and transcend the dominant power. A thorough exploration of US foreign policy and Islamic education, this book will be of interest to students and scholars in the fields of Political Studies, African Studies and Religious Studies"-- |
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| Item Description: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| ISBN: | 1032412089 |