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Author Kane, Ousmane.

Title Muslim modernity in postcolonial Nigeria : a study of the Society for the Removal of Innovation and Reinstatement of Tradition / by Ousmane Kane.

Publication Info. Boston, MA : Brill, 2003.
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Description 1 online resource (xxi, 283 pages) : maps.
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Series Islam in Africa ; v. 1
Islam in Africa ; v. 1.
Note Revised English version of the author's thesis (Ph. D.)--Université de Paris, 1993.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Introduction: Normative versus alternative modernity -- Agents and Aspects of Social Change in Twentieth-Century Nigeria -- Kano in the Nigerian Context -- The Fragmentation of Sacred Authority -- The Social Base of the Yan Izala -- Worldview and Recruitment Patterns of the Yan Izala -- Counter-Reform Movements -- The Politics of Muslim-Christian Confrontation in Nigeria -- The Domestication of Izala.
Summary Covers Muslim modernity in a country with the largest single Muslim population in Sub-Saharan Africa. It is devoted to the study of the largest single Muslim fundamentalist organization in postcolonial Sub-Saharan Africa, the Society for the Removal of Innovation and Reinstatement of Tradition.
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Subject Yan Izala (Organization)
Yan Izala (Organization)
Islam and politics -- Nigeria.
Islam and politics.
Nigeria.
Islam -- Nigeria -- Societies, etc.
Islam.
Sufis -- Political activity -- Nigeria.
Sufis -- Political activity.
Sufis.
Nigeria -- Politics and government -- 1984-1993.
Politics and government.
Chronological Term 1984-1993
Indexed Term Samfundsvidenskab Sociologi.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Other Form: Print version: Kane, Ousmane. Muslim modernity in postcolonial Nigeria. Boston, MA : Brill, 2003 9004125884 (DLC) 2002033277 (OCoLC)50630565
ISBN 9781423712251 (electronic book)
1423712250 (electronic book)
1280466790
9781280466793
9047401557
9789047401551
9789004125889 (hardback ; alkaline paper)
9004125884 (hardback ; alkaline paper)

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