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Author Sseremba, Yahya

Title America and the Production of Islamic Truth in Uganda
Published Milton : Taylor & Francis Group, 2023

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Description 1 online resource (203 p.)
Series Routledge Studies on Religion in Africa and the Diaspora Ser
Routledge Studies on Religion in Africa and the Diaspora Ser
Contents Cover -- Half Title -- Series Information -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Table of Contents -- Acknowledgment -- Acronyms -- Glossary -- Transliteration -- 1 Introduction -- The Postcolonial State -- Local Muslim Initiatives -- Method: Africa as Conceptual Model -- Sources -- Organization of the Book -- Notes -- References -- 2 Islam and the Limits of Centralization in Late Precolonial Buganda -- Buganda Before the Late Precolonial Era -- Islam, Power, and Authority in Late Precolonial Buganda -- Notes -- References
3 Exclusion By Inclusion: The Ugandan State and the Muslim Subject -- The Colonial Era -- Exclusion By Inclusion and the Making of a Muslim Domain -- Muslim Education and the Limits of the Colonial State -- Notes -- References -- 4 The Madrasa as a Site of the War On Terror -- Underlying Assumptions of War On Terror Discourses -- Rwakafuzi's Thesis: "The Muslims Are Being Profiled" -- Legitimizing State Intervention in the Production of Islamic Truth -- The US State Department and Its Consultants -- Notes -- References
5 The Diminishing Muslim Domain: America's Prescriptions for Islamic Education Reform -- Notes -- References -- 6 Question Formulators and Data Collectors: The Production of Knowledge About the Madrasa -- Muslim Response -- Muslim Resistance -- Notes -- References -- 7 Salafism: The Boogeyman of the War On Terror -- What Is Salafism? -- Salafism in Uganda -- Religious Innovations -- The Spread of Salafism -- Tracking the Graduates -- Darasa -- Schools -- Violence: the Struggle for Mosques and the Making of a Rebel Group -- The 1991 Incident -- Another Path: Formation of a Muslim Political Party
Notes -- References -- 8 Africa as Conceptual Model: Ugandan Thought and Contemporary Islamic Reform -- Who Is Kisuule? -- Kisuule's Formulation of the Problem of Islamic Knowledge -- Kisuule's Methodology -- Commendable "Bid'a" (Innovation): Kisuule's Philosophy of Change -- Notes -- References -- 9 Conclusion: Islam and Decolonization -- Notes -- References -- Index
Notes Description based upon print version of record
Subject Islamic religious education.
Education and state.
Uganda
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781000868586
1000868583