id
	15727
Url
	https://islam.zmo.de/s/afrique_ouest/item/15727
Modèle de ressource
	Journal article
Classe de ressource
	bibo:AcademicArticle
Titre
	A Beninese Imam's Controversial 2019 Election Campaign: Muslim Leadership and Political Engagement in a Minority Context
Editeur
	https://islam.zmo.de/s/afrique_ouest/item/25078
Date
	2022
Type
	https://islam.zmo.de/s/afrique_ouest/item/8475
Identifiant
	https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q113504726 Q113504726
	iwac-reference-0000290
Langue
	https://islam.zmo.de/s/afrique_ouest/item/8322
Résumé
	In Benin, the general furor surrounding the 2019 legislative elections held without opposition parties caused many to overlook the fact that Ibrahim Ousmane, a wellknown imam from Cotonou, was ultimately elected to the National Assembly. His decision to run in the elections had sparked intense debates over political participation, the criteria used to select the community’s “legitimate” representatives, and, more broadly, the nature of Islamic religious authority in a minority context. In this article, I use the controversy that erupted in 2019 as a starting point for exploring disputes within Benin’s Muslim community and the dilemmas of Muslim minority politics. These disputes center on how its members can engage with national politics to promote their collective interests and maintain their political autonomy from the state. The crisis can also be understood in terms of a “generational” struggle for religious authority, in a context where there are competing sources of legitimacy.
Couverture spatiale
	https://islam.zmo.de/s/afrique_ouest/item/283
Liste des auteurs
	https://islam.zmo.de/s/afrique_ouest/item/858
Doi
	https://doi.org/10.1163/21540993-01202004 10.1163/21540993-01202004
Numéro
	1
Dernière page
	26
Première page
	1
Volume
	13

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