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Record Nr.

UNINA9910827834003321

Autore

Janson Marloes

Titolo

Islam, youth and modernity in the Gambia : the Tablighi Jamaʻat / / Marloes Janson [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2014

ISBN

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

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xix, 303 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)

Collana

The International African library ; ; 45

Classificazione

SOC002010

Disciplina

297.6/5096651

Soggetti

Islam - Gambia

Islam - Missions

Muslim youth - Gambia

Youth movements - Gambia

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

'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'.

Sommario/riassunto

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



setting. By recording the biographical narratives of five Gambian Tablighis, the book provides an understanding of the ambiguities and contradictions young people are confronted with in their (re)negotiation of Muslim identity. Together these narratives form a picture of how Gambian youth go about their lives within the framework of neoliberal reforms and renegotiated parameters informed by the Tablighi model of how to be a 'true' Muslim, which is interpreted as a believer who is able to reconcile his or her faith with a modern lifestyle.