Islam and Politics in East Africa: The Sufi Order in Tanzania
ISBN: 9780816663835
Platform/Publisher: JSTOR / University of Minnesota Press
Digital rights: Users: unlimited; Printing: chapter; Download: chapter
Subjects: Sufism -- Tanzania; Islam and politics -- Tanzania; Tanzania -- Politics and government;

Focusing on the interplay of religion, society, and politics, August Nimtz examines the role of sufi tariqas (brotherhoods) in Tanzania, where he observed an African Muslim society at first hand. Nimtz opens this book with a historical account of Islam in


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