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Islam and Politics in East Africa - The Sufi Order in Tanzania (Paperback, Minnesota Archive Editions Ed.)
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Islam and Politics in East Africa - The Sufi Order in Tanzania (Paperback, Minnesota Archive Editions Ed.)
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Islam and Politics in East Africa was first published in 1980.
Minnesota Archive Editions uses digital technology to make
long-unavailable books once again accessible, and are published
unaltered from the original University of Minnesota Press editions.
Focusing on the interplay of religion, society, and politics,
August Nimtz examines the role of sufi tariqas (brotherhoods) in
Tanzania, where he observed an African Muslim society at first
hand. Nimtz opens this book with a historical account of Islam in
East Africa, and in subsequent chapters analyzes the role of
tariqas in Tanzania and, more specifically, in the coastal city of
Bagamoyo. Using a conceptual framework derived from contemporary
political theories on social cleavages and individual interests.
Nimtz explains why the tariqa is important in the process of
political change. The fundamental cleavage in Muslim East Africa,
he notes, is that of "whites" versus blacks. Nimtz contends that
the tariqus, in serving the interest of blacks (that is, Africans),
became in turn vehicles for the mass mobilization of African
Muslims during the anti-colonial struggle. In Bagamoyo he finds a
similar process and, in addition, reveals that the tariqas have
served African interests in opposition to those of "whites" because
of the individual benefits they provide. At the same time, Nimtz
concludes, the social structure of East African Muslim society has
ensured that Africans would be particularly attracted to these
benefits. This work will interest both observers of African
political development and specialists in the Islamic studies.
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