1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910973451503321

Autore

Taïeb-Carlen Sarah

Titolo

The Jews of North Africa : from Dido to De Gaulle / / Sarah Taieb-Carlen ; translated by Amos Carlen

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lanham, Md., : University Press of America, c2010

ISBN

0-7618-8279-0

0-7618-5044-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (196 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

CarlenAmos

Disciplina

961.004924

Soggetti

Jews - Africa, North - History

Africa, North Ethnic relations

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [161]-170) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication Page; Table of Contents; Foreword; Preface; Introduction; I. Pre-Islamic Period (813 B.C.E. to 698); II. The Islamic Period: The Maghreb (698 to 1830); III. French Colonization (1830 to 1962); Glossary; Bibliography; Index; About the Author

Sommario/riassunto

This book explores the history of North African Jews, detailing the Islamic conquest of 698 and life under French colonization from 1830 to 1962, and explaining the effects of these rules on the Jewish population.



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910146422203321

Autore

Bangstad Sindre

Titolo

Global flows, local appropriations : facets of secularisation and re-Islamization among contemporary cape Muslims / / Sindre Bangstad

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Amsterdam, : Amsterdam University Press, c2007

ISBN

1-003-69675-9

1-04-078336-8

90-485-0101-6

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (357 p.)

Collana

ISIM dissertations

Disciplina

305.697

Soggetti

Muslims - South Africa - Cape Town

Islam - South Africa - Cape Town

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Summary in English; Samenvatting in het Nederlands (Dutch Summary); Citations; Acronyms and Abbreviations; Acknowledgements; A note on nomenclature, spelling and transliteration; Ch. 1: Global Flows, Local Appropriations; Ch. 2: Africanising Islam; Ch. 3: Polygyny in Transition; Ch. 4: La'a Taqrabuna al-Zina and Beyond; Ch. 5: Asserting The Rights of Muslim Prisoners; Ch. 6: Global Flows, Local Appropriations; Conclusions; Notes; References; List of interviewees cited; Glossary; Appendices

Sommario/riassunto

Sindre Bangstad studies muslims in Cape Town in the context of a post-apartheid South Africa. Global Flows, Local Appropriations is the first ethnographic study of Cape Muslims in 25 years.