Emerging and Challenging Voices in the House of Islam

South African Islam has always been associated with the Cape Malay and Indian communities throughout the twentieth century. As a consequence, Islam as a religious tradition was seldom associated with other ethnic groups. Toward the end of apartheid and during the era of democracy there has been tan...

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Autor principal:	Muhammed Haron
Formato:	article
Lenguaje:	EN
Publicado:	International Institute of Islamic Thought 2009
Materias:	Islam BP1-253
Acceso en línea:	https://doaj.org/article/4f4db874d1f64245b7e61558ff99578c
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:4f4db874d1f64245b7e61558ff99578c2021-12-02T19:23:14ZEmerging and Challenging Voices in the House of Islam10.35632/ajis.v26i3.3842690-37332690-3741https://doaj.org/article/4f4db874d1f64245b7e61558ff99578c2009-07-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.ajis.org/index.php/ajiss/article/view/384https://doaj.org/toc/2690-3733https://doaj.org/toc/2690-3741 South African Islam has always been associated with the Cape Malay and Indian communities throughout the twentieth century. As a consequence, Islam as a religious tradition was seldom associated with other ethnic groups. Toward the end of apartheid and during the era of democracy there has been tangible evidence of its growth among African ethnic communities. This essay, which looks at this phenomenon from roughly 1961-2001, reflects upon South African Muslims’ demographics with special focus on the African Muslim communities and analyzes the position of African Muslims alongside their coreligionists by concentrating on randomly selected case studies. I seek to demonstrate how certain representatives from the selected communities, via internal developments and external influences, have had significant input in terms of changing the face of Islam in southern Africa. The essay is prefaced by a theoretical frame designed to assist in understanding the development of an African Muslim identity and the emergence of an African Muslim community. Muhammed HaronInternational Institute of Islamic ThoughtarticleIslamBP1-253ENAmerican Journal of Islam and Society, Vol 26, Iss 3 (2009)
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description	South African Islam has always been associated with the Cape Malay and Indian communities throughout the twentieth century. As a consequence, Islam as a religious tradition was seldom associated with other ethnic groups. Toward the end of apartheid and during the era of democracy there has been tangible evidence of its growth among African ethnic communities. This essay, which looks at this phenomenon from roughly 1961-2001, reflects upon South African Muslims’ demographics with special focus on the African Muslim communities and analyzes the position of African Muslims alongside their coreligionists by concentrating on randomly selected case studies. I seek to demonstrate how certain representatives from the selected communities, via internal developments and external influences, have had significant input in terms of changing the face of Islam in southern Africa. The essay is prefaced by a theoretical frame designed to assist in understanding the development of an African Muslim identity and the emergence of an African Muslim community.
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Emerging and Challenging Voices in the House of Islam

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