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Muslim Faith-Based Organizations and Social Welfare in Africa

Muslim Faith-Based Organizations and Social Welfare in Africa

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Religion General General Political Science

ISBN10: 3030383075
ISBN13: 9783030383077
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: Aug 12 2020
Pages: 313
Weight: 1.20
Height: 0.75 Width: 5.83 Depth: 8.27
Language: English
This book addresses the discourses, agendas and actions of Muslim faith-based organizations and activists to empower Muslim communities in contemporary sub-Saharan Africa. The individual chapters discuss how traditional Muslim welfare and charity institutions, zakat (obligatory or mandatory almsgiving), sadaqa (voluntary almsgiving and donations) and waqf (pious endowments), are used to improve social welfare, focusing on instrumentalization and institutionalization in the collection and distribution of zakat. The book includes case studies from West Africa (Ghana, Burkina Faso, Cote d'Ivoire, Ghana and Senegal), the Horn of Africa (Somalia) and East Africa (Kenya and Tanzania), highlighting the role and interplay of local, national and international Sunni, Shia and Ahmadiyya Muslim faith-based organizations and NGOs.

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