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UNINA9910462907803321 |
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Autore |
Janson Marloes |
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Titolo |
Islam, youth and modernity in the Gambia : the Tablighi Jamaʻat / / Marloes Janson [[electronic resource]] |
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Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2014 |
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ISBN |
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1-107-46165-0 |
1-139-89318-1 |
1-107-45954-0 |
1-107-47332-2 |
1-107-47238-5 |
1-107-46876-0 |
1-107-46525-7 |
1-139-62913-1 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (xix, 303 pages) : digital, PDF file(s) |
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Collana |
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The International African library ; ; 45 |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Islam - Gambia |
Islam - Missions |
Muslim youth - Gambia |
Youth movements - Gambia |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015). |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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'Life is a test, the hereafter is the best' -- 'Welcome to the smiling coast' : Muslim politics in the Gambia -- The global meeting the local : the Tablighi Jama'at contextualized -- Back to the ghetto -- A jihad for purity -- Learning to be a good Muslim woman -- Male wives and female husbands -- Hungry for knowledge -- 'Muslims are sleeping and we have to wake them up'. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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This monograph deals with the sweeping emergence of the Tablighi Jama'at - a transnational Islamic missionary movement that has its origins in the reformist tradition that emerged in India in the mid-nineteenth century - in the Gambia in the past decade. It explores how a movement that originated in South Asia could appeal to the local Muslim population - youth and women in particular - in a West African |
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