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Salafism and Political Order in Africa (Paperback)
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Salafism and Political Order in Africa (Paperback)
Series: African Studies
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Violent Islamic extremism is affecting a growing number of
countries in sub-Saharan Africa. In some, jihadi Salafi
organizations have established home bases and turned into permanent
security challengers. However, other countries have managed to
prevent the formation or curb the spread of homegrown jihadi Salafi
organizations. In this book, Sebastian Elischer provides a
comparative analysis of how different West and East African states
have engaged with fundamentalist Muslim groups between the 1950s
and today. In doing so, he establishes a causal link between
state-imposed organizational gatekeepers in the Islamic sphere and
the absence of homegrown jihadi Salafism. Illustrating that the
contemporary manifestation of violent Islamic extremism in
sub-Saharan Africa is an outcome of strategic political decisions
that are deeply embedded in countries' autocratic pasts, he
challenges conventional notions of statehood on the African
continent, and provides new insight into the evolving relationships
between secular and religious authority.
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