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Author Tayob, Abdulkader.

Title Islam in South Africa : mosques, imams, and sermons / Abdulkader Tayob.

Publication Info. Gainesville, Fla. : University Press of Florida, 1999.

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Description 1 online resource (xi, 176 pages).
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Series Religion in Africa
Religions of Africa.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Table of Contents; Preface vii; 1. The Sermon in Islam: A Discursive and Religious Symbol in History 1; 2. Creation of the Cape Mosque Discourse 21; 3. The Claremont Main Road Mosque: Redrawing the Cape Tradition 40; 4. Transvaal Mosques: The Production of Orthodoxy 60; 5. The Brits Mosque: Orthodoxy and Its Periphery 77; 6. The Sermons: Ritual Inscription of Space 102; 7. Sermons and the Re-citation of Discourses 115; 8. Conclusions 137; Notes 149; Works Cited 161; Index 173.
Summary ''Judicious juggling of insider and outsider perspectives. [Tayob] brings real knowledge and experience of South African Islam. ... Anyone interested in religion in the South African context as well as those interested in Islam in different contexts should be interested in this book.
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Subject Islam -- South Africa.
Islam.
South Africa.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Other Form: Print version: Tayob, Abdulkader. Islam in South Africa. Gainesville, Fla. : University Press of Florida, 1999 0813016517 9780813016511 (DLC) 98029933 (OCoLC)39368498
ISBN 9780813023434 (electronic book)
0813023432 (electronic book)