Name: Shi'i Cosmopolitanisms in Africa
ISBN: 9780253016010

Who It's For

Good for readers who enjoy Religion / Islam / History
Good for readers interested in middle

What You Get

Themes: Middle, Religion.
Reading lane: Islam and Africa.
Publisher: Indiana University Press.

Category Signals

Religion / Islam / History
REL037010
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History / Africa / West
HIS001050
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Literary Criticism / Middle Eastern
LIT004220
What we read · 67% match

About This Book

Mara A. Leichtman offers an in-depth study of Shi'i Islam in two very different communities in Senegal: the well-established Lebanese diaspora and Senegalese "converts" from Sunni to Shi'i Islam of recent decades. Sharing a minority religious status in a predominantly Sunni Muslim country, each group is cosmopolitan in its own way. Leichtman provides new insights into the everyday lives of Shi'i Muslims in Africa and the dynamics of local and global Islam. She explores the i...

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Mara A. Leichtman offers an in-depth study of Shi'i Islam in two very different communities in Senegal: the well-established Lebanese diaspora and Senegalese "converts" from Sunni to Shi'i Islam of recent decades. Sharing a minority religious status in a predominantly Sunni Muslim country, each group is cosmopolitan in its own way. Leichtman provides new insights into the everyday lives of Shi'i Muslims in Africa and the dynamics of local and global Islam. She explores the influence of Hizbullah and Islamic reformist movements, and offers a corrective to prevailing views of Sunni-Shi'i hostility, demonstrating that religious coexistence is possible in a context such as Senegal.