Islam, Youth, and Modernity in the Gambia The Tabligh Jama'at |
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| Author:
| Janson, Marloes |
| Series title: | The International African Library |
| ISBN: | 978-1-107-04057-1 |
| Publication Date: | Oct 2013 |
| Publisher: | Cambridge University Press
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $105.00 |
Book Description:
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This monograph explores the expansion of the Tablighi Jama'at, a transnational Islamic missionary movement that originated in India in the mid-nineteenth century, and its impact in the Gambia (West Africa) in the past decade. The book investigates how Gambian youth have incorporated the South Asian Tablighi ideology into their daily lives and adapted it to their local context.
This monograph explores the expansion of the Tablighi Jama'at, a transnational Islamic missionary movement that originated in India in the mid-nineteenth century, and its impact in the Gambia (West Africa) in the past decade. The book investigates how Gambian youth have incorporated the South Asian Tablighi ideology into their daily lives and adapted it to their local context.