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	4981
url
	https://islam.zmo.de/s/westafrica/item/4981
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	Book chapter
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	bibo:Chapter
dcterms:title
	Burkina Faso: State and Religious Authority in Turbulent Times
dcterms:publisher
	https://islam.zmo.de/s/westafrica/item/25261
dcterms:date
	2019
dcterms:type
	https://islam.zmo.de/s/westafrica/item/8476
dcterms:identifier
	https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q113528001 Q113528001
	iwac-reference-0000356
dcterms:language
	https://islam.zmo.de/s/westafrica/item/8322
dcterms:alternative
	Faith in the Balance: Regulating Religious Affairs in Africa
dcterms:abstract
	For most of its modern history, Burkina Faso avoided intervening in the religious sphere. According to its constitution, Burkina Faso is a secular state that protects religious freedom, and individuals can choose and change their religion freely. While its Christian minority dominated the state system and government, nonintervention by a largely Christian administration helped preserve a delicate sociopolitical balance and avoid Muslim-Christian antagonism. As a result, the state has largely avoided imposing institutional restrictions, such as registration requirements for places of worship, state licensing of preachers, or imposing state control of religious schools or curricula. This gave religious institutions and movements widespread freedoms to operate.   Part of the state's relaxed attitude toward religious regulation stemmed from the fact that until fairly recently, secular actors were the most potent threat to governmental authority. In the cities, civil society organizations and trade unions often defied state authority and overthrew governments. In rural areas, chiefs and local authorities positioned themselves as alternative power centers to the central government. The prevalence of secular opposition meant that the state paid less attention to challengers from the religious sphere.
dcterms:spatial
	https://islam.zmo.de/s/westafrica/item/546
dcterms:provenance
	Lanham, MD
bibo:authorList
	https://islam.zmo.de/s/westafrica/item/1230
bibo:editorList
	https://islam.zmo.de/s/westafrica/item/1353
bibo:pageEnd
	136
bibo:pageStart
	111

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