o:id
	15727
url
	https://islam.zmo.de/s/westafrica/item/15727
o:resource_template
	Journal article
o:resource_class
	bibo:AcademicArticle
dcterms:title
	A Beninese Imam's Controversial 2019 Election Campaign: Muslim Leadership and Political Engagement in a Minority Context
dcterms:publisher
	https://islam.zmo.de/s/westafrica/item/25078
dcterms:date
	2022
dcterms:type
	https://islam.zmo.de/s/westafrica/item/8475
dcterms:identifier
	https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q113504726 Q113504726
	iwac-reference-0000290
dcterms:language
	https://islam.zmo.de/s/westafrica/item/8322
dcterms:abstract
	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.
dcterms:spatial
	https://islam.zmo.de/s/westafrica/item/283
bibo:authorList
	https://islam.zmo.de/s/westafrica/item/858
bibo:doi
	https://doi.org/10.1163/21540993-01202004 10.1163/21540993-01202004
bibo:issue
	1
bibo:pageEnd
	26
bibo:pageStart
	1
bibo:volume
	13

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