Salafism in Nigeria: Islam, preaching, and politics

Name: Salafism in Nigeria: Islam, preaching, and politics
Author: Alexander Thurston

Author

Alexander Thurston

Publisher

Cambridge University Press

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Title and Author

Salafism in Nigeria: Islam, preaching, and politics / Alexander Thurston

Publication Details

نیویورک : Cambridge University Press، 2016م

Physical Description

ix, [286] p.: map; 25 cm.

Subject

Salafiyah
Salafi yah -- Nigeria
Salafi yah -- Saudi Arabia
Boko Haram

series

(The international African library؛ 52)

Language

انگلیسی

Includes bibliographical references )pages 752-572( and index.

Contents

Defining Salafism, analysing canons -- Salafism and its transmission -- The canon and canonizers -- Africans and Saudi Arabia -- Nigerians in Medina -- The canon in action -- Teaching the canon -- The canon in religious debates and electronic media -- The canon in politics -- Boko Haram and the canon -- Boko Haram from Salafism to Jihadism -- Reclaiming the canon

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