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This book addresses the discourses, agendas and actions of Muslim faith-based organizations and activists to empower Muslim communities in contemporary sub-Saharan Africa. The individual chapters discuss how traditional Muslim welfare and charity institutions, zakat (obligatory or mandatory almsgiving), sadaqa (voluntary almsgiving and donations) and waqf (pious endowments), are used to improve social welfare, focusing on instrumentalization and institutionalization in the collection and distribution of zakat. The book includes case studies from West Africa (Ghana, Burkina Faso, Cote d'Ivoire, Ghana and Senegal), the Horn of Africa (Somalia) and East Africa (Kenya and Tanzania), highlighting the role and interplay of local, national and international Sunni, Shia and Ahmadiyya Muslim faith-based organizations and NGOs.

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Book category Books in English Society & social sciences Politics & government

• Full title: Muslim Faith-Based Organizations and Social Welfare in Africa
• Author: Holger Weiss
• Language: English
• Binding: Hardback
• Number of pages: 313
• EAN: 9783030383077
• ID: 25303310
• Publisher: Springer Nature Switzerland AG
• Weight: 560 g
• Dimensions: 210 × 148 × 22 mm
• Date of publishing: 12. August 2020

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