o:id
	12734
url
	https://islam.zmo.de/s/westafrica/item/12734
o:resource_template
	Journal article
o:resource_class
	bibo:AcademicArticle
dcterms:title
	Governing the Faithful: State Management of Salafi Activity in the Francophone Sahel
dcterms:subject
	state
	Salafism
	Sahel
	Francophone
	governance
dcterms:publisher
	https://islam.zmo.de/s/westafrica/item/25049
dcterms:date
	2019
dcterms:type
	https://islam.zmo.de/s/westafrica/item/8475
dcterms:identifier
	https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q116295116 Q116295116
	iwac-reference-0000234
dcterms:language
	https://islam.zmo.de/s/westafrica/item/8322
dcterms:abstract
	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.
dcterms:spatial
	https://islam.zmo.de/s/westafrica/item/540
bibo:authorList
	https://islam.zmo.de/s/westafrica/item/1230
bibo:doi
	https://doi.org/10.5129/001041519825256588 10.5129/001041519825256588
bibo:issue
	2
bibo:pageEnd
	218
bibo:pageStart
	199
bibo:volume
	51

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