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About this book
Zanzibari Muslim Moderns is a historical study of Zanzibar during the interwar years. This was a period marked by rapid intellectual and social change in the Muslim world, when ideas of Islamic progress and development were hotly debated. How did this process play out in Zanzibar?
Based on a wide range of sources—Islamic and colonial, private and public—Anne K. Bang examines how these concepts were received and promoted on the island, arguing that a new ideal emerged in its intellectual arena: the Muslim modern. Tracing the influences that shaped the outlook of this new figure, Bang draws lines to Islamic modernists in the Middle East, to local Sufi teachings, and to the recently founded state of Saudi Arabia. She presents the activities of the Muslim modern in the colonial employment system, as a contributor to international debates, as an activist in the community, and more. She also explores the formation of numerous faith-based associations during this period, as well as the views of the Muslim modern on everything from funerary practices and Mawlid celebrations to reading habits. A recurring theme throughout is the question with which many Muslim moderns were confronted: who should implement development? And for whom?
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Half Title
- Title
- Copyright
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Note on Transliteration
- List of Figures and Tables
- 1. In Search of the Zanzibari Muslim Modern: On Modernity, Progress and Development
- 2. Prologue: The Magic and the ModernāZanzibar, 1904
- 3. The Exemplary Muslim Modern: Burhan Mkelle (1884ā1949) in Zanzibar
- 4. The Zanzibar Government Central School and āModern Teaching Methodsā
- 5. Modern Jobs: The Zanzibari Civil Service
- 6. Modern Associations: Ethnic and Faith-Based Associations in Zanzibar
- 7. Modern Islamic Practices: Zanzibar in the Age of Culture Wars
- 8. Wataniyya? Towards a Modern Zanzibari Culture
- 9. Conclusions: The Beginnings of a Modern Muslim Zanzibari Culture
- Notes
- Sources
- Bibliography
- Index
- Back Cover