The first comprehensive analysis of Muslim movements of reform in modern sub-Saharan
AfricaBased on twelve case studies (Senegal, Mali, Nigeria, Niger, Chad, Sudan, Ethiopia …

This article examines the relationship between faith and humanitarianism in a variety of
religious traditions, with particular emphasis on Christian and Muslim organizations …

In the wake of 9/11 and the'War on Terror', transnational Muslim NGOs have too often been
perceived as illegitimate fronts for global militant networks such as al-Qaeda or as backers …

The relationship between religion and development in Africa in many ways runs contrary to
the normative narrative of development as a linear project of modernization and progress …

Human Rights and African Airwaves focuses on Nkhani Zam'maboma, a popular Chichewa
news bulletin broadcast on Malawi's public radio. The program often takes authorities to task …

David Tittensor offers a groundbreaking new perspective on the Gülen movement, a Turkish
Muslim educational activist network that emerged in the 1960s and has grown into a global …

The spawning of Muslim philanthropic associations signifies an increasingly visible Islamic
social and political activism, in Indonesia as elsewhere in the Muslim world. Acting as non …

Mara A. Leichtman offers an in-depth study of Shi'i Islam in two very different communities in
Senegal: the well-established Lebanese diaspora and Senegalese" converts" from Sunni to …

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Acknowledgments--Introduction--I. 1 The Rise of Salafism--I. 2 Sunni Movements and …

Since September 11, 2001, the aid component of American foreign policy toward Africa has
undergone a significant evolution: US security has come to rival development as an …