Colonial and Post-Colonial Governance of Islam: Continuities and Ruptures (IMISCOE Research) - Softcover

9789089643568: Colonial and Post-Colonial Governance of Islam: Continuities and Ruptures (IMISCOE Research)

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ISBN 10: 9089643567 ISBN 13: 9789089643568

Publisher: Amsterdam University Press, 2014

The contributors analyse the mutual impact of colonial and postcolonial governance on the development, organisation and mobilisation of Islam paying special attention to the ongoing battles over the codification of Islamic education, religious authority, law and practice while outlining the similarities and differences, the continuities and ruptures in British, French and Portuguese colonial rule in Islamic regions. Using a shared conceptual framework they examine the nature of regulation and its outcomes in different historical periods in selected African, Middle Eastern, Asian and European countries. This authoritative study opens up new vistas for research in Islamic studies.

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Review:

"This book offers a fresh, innovative perspective by combining analysis of colonial state-Islam relations with contemporary situations of Islam in Europe. Such a combination highlights the relevance of history and political culture to better understand the institutional status of Islam today. I recommend this to scholars of political science and religious studies interested in the topic of Islam in the West."

--Jocelyne Cesari, Director of the Islam in the West Program "Harvard University "

About the Author:

Marcel Maussen is assistant professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of Amsterdam.Veit Bader is emeritus professor of social and political philosophy and sociology at the University of Amsterdam.Annelies Moors is professor of contemporary Muslim societies in the Department of Sociology and Anthropology at the University of Amsterdam.

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