Muslim Faith-Based Organizations and Social Welfare in Africa
This book addresses the discourses, agendas and actions of Muslim faith-based organizations and activists to empower Muslim communities in contemporary sub-Saharan Africa. The individual chapters discuss how traditional Muslim welfare and charity institutions, zakat (obligatory or mandatory almsgiving), sadaqa (voluntary almsgiving and donations) and waqf (pious endowments), are used to improve social welfare, focusing on instrumentalization and institutionalization in the collection and distribution of zakat. The book includes case studies from West Africa (Ghana, Burkina Faso, Cote d'Ivoire, Ghana and Senegal), the Horn of Africa (Somalia)…
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Produktdetails
- ISBN: 978-3-030-38310-7
- EAN: 9783030383107
- Produktnummer: 37270553
- Verlag: Springer International Publishing
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2021
- Seitenangabe: 332 S.
- Masse: H21.0 cm x B14.8 cm x D1.7 cm 431 g
- Auflage: 1st ed. 2020
- Abbildungen: Paperback
- Gewicht: 431
Über den Autor
Holger Weiss is a Professor of General History at Åbo Akademi University, Finland, and ordinary member of the Finnish Society for Sciences and Letters. His research focuses on global and Atlantic history, West African environmental history, and Islamic studies, particularly Islam in Ghana.
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