id
	12734
Url
	https://islam.zmo.de/s/afrique_ouest/item/12734
Modèle de ressource
	Journal article
Classe de ressource
	bibo:AcademicArticle
Titre
	Governing the Faithful: State Management of Salafi Activity in the Francophone Sahel
Sujet
	state
	Salafism
	Sahel
	Francophone
	governance
Editeur
	https://islam.zmo.de/s/afrique_ouest/item/25049
Date
	2019
Type
	https://islam.zmo.de/s/afrique_ouest/item/8475
Identifiant
	https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q116295116 Q116295116
	iwac-reference-0000234
Langue
	https://islam.zmo.de/s/afrique_ouest/item/8322
Résumé
	The article examines how four states in the francophone Sahel have managed Salafi activity since independence. States that established institutional oversight mechanisms in the Islamic sphere prior to the emergence of Saudi Arabia as a global exporter of Salafi ideology have effectively counteracted the rise of political and jihadi Salafism in recent decades. Autocratic incumbents created national Islamic associations, determined the leadership makeup of these, and delegated state authority to non-Salafi leaders so as to regulate access to the Islamic sphere. The tacit cooperation arrangements between state and nonstate actors enabled the former to demobilize religious challengers. States that chose strategies other than institutional regulation contributed to the rise of political and security challengers. These findings challenge conventional assumptions about the inability of weak states to regulate their religious spheres and shed new light on the complex relationship between weak states and Islam.
Couverture spatiale
	https://islam.zmo.de/s/afrique_ouest/item/540
Liste des auteurs
	https://islam.zmo.de/s/afrique_ouest/item/1230
Doi
	https://doi.org/10.5129/001041519825256588 10.5129/001041519825256588
Numéro
	2
Dernière page
	218
Première page
	199
Volume
	51

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