Description
| Product ID: | 9781108739276 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Series: | African Studies |
| Title: | Salafism and Political Order in Africa |
| Authors: | Author: Sebastian Elischer |
| Page Count: | 304 |
| Subjects: | Politics and government, Politics & government, Political science and theory, Comparative politics, Religious and theocratic ideologies, Terrorism, armed struggle, Revolutionary groups and movements, Political science & theory, Comparative politics, Religious & theocratic ideologies, Terrorism, armed struggle, Revolutionary groups & movements, Africa, West Africa, East Africa |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating A comparative analysis of how African states have engaged with fundamentalist Muslim groups between the 1950s and today. Elischer outlines how African states can become radicalizers or demobilizers of homegrown violent extremism, providing a nuanced and systematic review of state-Islamic relations. 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. |
| Imprint Name: | Cambridge University Press |
| Publisher Name: | Cambridge University Press |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2021-08-05 |
