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Islam, Youth, and Modernity in the Gambia - The Tablighi Jama'at (Hardcover, New)
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Islam, Youth, and Modernity in the Gambia - The Tablighi Jama'at (Hardcover, New)
Series: The International African Library
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This monograph deals with the sweeping emergence of the Tablighi
Jama'at - a transnational Islamic missionary movement that has its
origins in the reformist tradition that emerged in India in the
mid-nineteenth century - in the Gambia in the past decade. It
explores how a movement that originated in South Asia could appeal
to the local Muslim population - youth and women in particular - in
a West African setting. By recording the biographical narratives of
five Gambian Tablighis, the book provides an understanding of the
ambiguities and contradictions young people are confronted with in
their (re)negotiation of Muslim identity. Together these narratives
form a picture of how Gambian youth go about their lives within the
framework of neoliberal reforms and renegotiated parameters
informed by the Tablighi model of how to be a 'true' Muslim, which
is interpreted as a believer who is able to reconcile his or her
faith with a modern lifestyle.
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