Minorities Between State and Sharia Discourses in African Muslim Societies
This essay proposes a framework for understanding the construction of religious groups and minorities in Muslim societies through two intersecting and inter-related discourses. The first is a discourse and experience of modern state formation with roots in Africa’s colonial history. And the second i...
| Published in: | Islamic Africa |
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Brill
2022
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| In: |
Islamic Africa
Year: 2022, Volume: 13, Issue: 2, Pages: 133-160 |
| Further subjects: | B
Islamism
B Religious Minorities B Sharia B Dhimma B Islamic Reform B African Islam B Secularism |
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| Summary: | This essay proposes a framework for understanding the construction of religious groups and minorities in Muslim societies through two intersecting and inter-related discourses. The first is a discourse and experience of modern state formation with roots in Africa’s colonial history. And the second is a discourse of the Other in Islamic jurisprudence and theology. It builds on Talal Asad’s thesis that a modern state discourse of secular authority does not preclude religious symbols that shape religious minorities. However, the essay goes beyond Asad by showing that Muslim reformist groups also articulate a religious discourse on minorities and religious groups. The essay argues that a discursive construction of Muslim religious minorities and groups occurs through contemporary state and Islamic reformist discourses. The article presents Egypt and Nigeria as case studies to illustrate this construction. |
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| ISSN: | 2154-0993 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Islamic Africa
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/21540993-01302002 |