o:id
	15749
url
	https://islam.zmo.de/s/westafrica/item/15749
o:resource_template
	Book
o:resource_class
	bibo:Book
dcterms:title
	Muslim Critics of Secularism: Ulama and Democratization in Niger
dcterms:subject
	secularism
	'ālim
	democratization
	Muslim
dcterms:publisher
	https://islam.zmo.de/s/westafrica/item/25202
dcterms:date
	2010
dcterms:type
	https://islam.zmo.de/s/westafrica/item/8541
dcterms:identifier
	https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q113528348 Q113528348
	iwac-reference-0000749
dcterms:language
	https://islam.zmo.de/s/westafrica/item/8322
dcterms:abstract
	One of the marking features of the 1990s democratization in Niger has been the rise of a variety of Islamic discourses. Laïcité has been among their major preoccupations. For many ulama this secularism contradicts Niger's religious identity. Three voices are presented: the Collaborators, the Moderates and the Despisers. Each group seeks to influence the political and ideological make-up of the state. Although ulama in general remain critical of the state ideological transformation, not all of them reject the separation from religion clause. The Collaborators suggest cooperation between the religious and the political authorities; the Moderates demand governance to accommodate people's will; and the Despisers reject the liberalism that voids religious authority and demand a total re-islamization. I argue that what is at stake is less the separation between state and religion as its modality and impact on religious authority. The targets, tones and justification of the discourses I explore show the limitations of a democratization project grounded in laïcité. Thus, in place of a secular democratization, ulama propose a conservative democracy based on Islam.
dcterms:spatial
	https://islam.zmo.de/s/westafrica/item/540
bibo:authorList
	https://islam.zmo.de/s/westafrica/item/1284
bibo:numPages
	108

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