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Author Quinn, Charlotte A.

Title Pride, faith, and fear : Islam in Sub-Saharan Africa / Charlotte A. Quinn and Frederick Quinn
Published Oxford ; New York, N.Y. : Oxford University Press, 2003

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Description 1 online resource (vi, 175 pages)
Contents Islam in Nigeria : seeking a competitive edge -- Islam in the Sudan : moving beyond the crossroads? -- Islam in Senegal : maintaining a delicate balance -- Eastern approaches : Islam as a minority religion in Kenya -- Different currents : South Africa's Islamic minority
Summary While nearly one in every five people in the world today is Muslim, Islam is spreading most rapidly in Sub-Saharan Africa which is today home to over 150 million Muslims. Although immensely varied, African Islam, the authors demonstrate, is defined by three overarching beliefs
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 163-171) and index
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Subject Islam -- Africa, Sub-Saharan -- History -- 20th century
Islam and state -- Africa, Sub-Saharan
Religion and state -- Africa, Sub-Saharan
RELIGION -- Islam -- History.
Islam.
Islam and state.
Religion.
Religion and state.
SUBJECT Africa, Sub-Saharan -- Religion
Subject Sub-Saharan Africa.
Genre/Form History.
Form Electronic book
Author Quinn, Frederick
ISBN 9780198022862
0198022867
0195063864
9780195063868