id
	5326
Url
	https://islam.zmo.de/s/afrique_ouest/item/5326
Modèle de ressource
	Journal article
Classe de ressource
	bibo:AcademicArticle
Titre
	A Discourse-Centered Approach Toward Understanding Muslim Identities in Zinder, Niger
Sujet
	identity
	Zinder
Editeur
	https://islam.zmo.de/s/afrique_ouest/item/25077
Date
	2000
Type
	https://islam.zmo.de/s/afrique_ouest/item/8475
Identifiant
	https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q116295113 Q116295113
	iwac-reference-0000167
Langue
	https://islam.zmo.de/s/afrique_ouest/item/8322
Résumé
	In the early 1990s, the newly built women's cooperative in Zinder, Niger, was destroyed by a group of men who accused women of failing to adhere to 'Islamic principles'. During the same period, a number of bars were damaged and subsequently closed. These events were generally viewed as marking the rise of 'Islamic fundamentalism'. However, no one could identify this group that had been labelled 'fundamentalists'. The present article takes a discourse-centred approach to an understanding of how Zinderois define what it means to be a Muslim. To do this, it analyses 'forms of knowledge' that represent different ways of defining Islamic practice and Muslim identity, namely, those of Koranic scholars ('malamai'), leaders of an Islamic reform movement, and traditional healers ('bokaye'). The 'malamai', reformers and 'bokaye' define Islamic practice and Muslim identity in different ways. Historically, it was the 'malamai' who used the label 'non-Muslim' to refer to 'bokaye'. But today, the 'malamai' find themselves being labelled 'non-Muslims' by the reformers. Majority Muslims draw upon these various forms of knowledge in different ways depending on the situation and in so doing display religious creativity and innovation.
Couverture spatiale
	https://islam.zmo.de/s/afrique_ouest/item/540
Liste des auteurs
	https://islam.zmo.de/s/afrique_ouest/item/1691
Numéro
	14
	15
Dernière page
	119
Première page
	99

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