Togo
- Title
- Togo
- list of authors
- Comi M. Toulabor
- list of editors
- Peri J. Bearman
- Thierry Bianquis
- Clifford Edmund Bosworth
- Emeri J. van Donzel
- Wolfhart Heinrichs
- Abstract
- Togo, Islam in the West African Republic of Togo. The Islamisation of what is now the Republic of Togo dates from the beginning of the 18th century, through the activities of traders and the settlement of Islamised population groups. Islam has been weak there, but has constantly progressed, whilst affecting different regions and groups in a variable manner. On 27 September 1963, what had been previously completely unstructured saw the formation of the Muslim Union of Togo (UMT), breathing into its structure a new dynamic as part of the one-party state of the Rassemblement du peuple togolais.
- Book Title
- Encyclopaedia of Islam, Second Edition
- Place of Publication
- Leiden
- Publisher
- Brill
- Date
- 2012
- Language
- Anglais
- Spatial Coverage
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Togo