Research Catalog

Title

Social welfare in Muslim societies in Africa / Holger Weiss, editor.

Publication

Uppsala : Nordic Africa Institute ; London : Global, 2002.

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Additional Authors

Weiss, Holger.

Description

189 pages; 24 cm

Summary

"In recent decades there has been an increasing attempt by Muslim intellectuals to reflect on the provision of social welfare in Muslim societies in Africa. One reason for this is the few, if not non-existent, possibilities of the states to provide for the basic needs of their subjects, a situation that has become painfully evident in most African states not only the Muslim ones." "However, public as well as private provision of social welfare is not a new phenomenon in the Muslim world. Whereas government and public involvement in the provision of social welfare has been haphazard, despite various attempts at direct state involvement especially in the post-colonial world, private and what might be labelled semi-official activities, such as the establishment of pious foundations and the activities of the Sufi orders, have a solid foundation in local Muslim societies in Africa." "This book attempts to emphasise the variety of both agents and ways to provide social welfare in Muslim societies in Africa. In addition, social welfare, as such, is both reflected upon and debated by Muslim intellectuals. The aim of this book has therefore been to capture both the theoretical as well as the actual dimension of social welfare."--Jacket.

Subjects

• Islam
• Africa
• Welzijnsbeleid
• Islamic sociology
• 71.81 welfare policy
• conference papers (form)
• social welfare
• 1999
• Islam > Economic aspects > Africa
• Zakat > Africa

Note

• Place-of-publication and distributor information from cover p. 4.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references.

Contents

Zakāt and the question of social welfare: an introductory essay on Islamic economics and its implications for social welfare / Hoger Weiss -- Is there room for non-Muslims in the Sudan's Islamic economy? / Endre Stiansen -- Sidi Fredj: a case study of a religious endowment in morocco under the French protectorate / Franz Kogelmann -- Sufism and social welfare in the Sahara / Knut S. Vikør -- Sufi leaders and social welfare: two examples from contemporary Sudan / Rüdiger Seesemann -- Je veux étudier sans mendier: the campaign against the Qurʼānic schools in Senegal / Roman Loimeier -- Survey of Islamic non-governmental organisations in Accra / Sulemana Mumuni -- Concept of Islamic economy as articulated in Sokoto: social justice and state responsibility / Hoger Weiss.

ISBN

• 9171064818
• 9789171064813

LCCN

2002487250

OCLC

• ocm49352755
• 49352755
• SCSB-8980260

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library