Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Dedication
- Contents
- List of Maps, Figures & Tables
- Notes on Contributors
- Foreword by Muhammad Sani Umar
- Acknowledgements
- Glossary
- 1 Introduction: Interpreting Islam: Sufis, Salafists, Shi’ites & Islamists in northern Nigeria
- 2 From dissent to dissidence: The genesis & development of reformist Islamic groups in northern Nigeria
- 3 Contemporary Islamic sects & groups in northern Nigeria
- 4 Experiencing inequality at close range: Almajiri students & Qur’anic schools in Kano
- 5 ‘Marginal Muslims’: Ethnic identity & the Umma in Kano
- 6 Understanding Boko Haram
- 7 Conclusion: Religious sectarianism, poor governance & conflict
- Index
Glossary
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 24 February 2023
- Frontmatter
- Dedication
- Contents
- List of Maps, Figures & Tables
- Notes on Contributors
- Foreword by Muhammad Sani Umar
- Acknowledgements
- Glossary
- 1 Introduction: Interpreting Islam: Sufis, Salafists, Shi’ites & Islamists in northern Nigeria
- 2 From dissent to dissidence: The genesis & development of reformist Islamic groups in northern Nigeria
- 3 Contemporary Islamic sects & groups in northern Nigeria
- 4 Experiencing inequality at close range: Almajiri students & Qur’anic schools in Kano
- 5 ‘Marginal Muslims’: Ethnic identity & the Umma in Kano
- 6 Understanding Boko Haram
- 7 Conclusion: Religious sectarianism, poor governance & conflict
- Index
Summary
- Type
- Chapter
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- Sects and Social DisorderMuslim Identities and Conflict in Northern Nigeria, pp. xix - xxiiPublisher: Boydell & BrewerPrint publication year: 2014