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Islamic reform and Arab nationalism : expanding the crescent from the Mediterranean to the Indian Ocean (1880s-1930s) / Amal N. Ghazal.

By: Ghazal, Amal NMaterial type: TextTextSeries: Culture and civilisation in the Middle EastPublication details: New York : Routledge, 2010Description: xiv, 171 p. : map ; [ca. 23-29] cmISBN: 9780415779807 (cloth : alk. paper); 0415779804Subject(s): Arab nationalism | Nationalism -- Religious aspects -- Islam | Islamic renewal | Islam and politics -- Arab countries | Anti-imperialist movements -- Arab countriesLOC classification: DS63.6 | .G465 2010Online resources: Click here to view Also available as an electronic resource.
Contents:
1. Arabs in Zanzibar : revisiting history -- 2. The Ibadi nahḍa in Oman and Zanzibar : from tajdīd to anticolonialism -- 3. Zanzibar and Mzab : historical legacies and colonial encounters -- 4. Zanzibar : in the realm of the Mashriq -- 5. Nāṣir al-Bahlānī : "A man in a nation and a nation in a man" -- 6. In the realm of Salafi Islam : the Ibadi diaspora, the Arabic press, and the making of Zanzibari nationalism -- 7. Guarding the waṭan : education and identity in interwar Zanzibar.
Summary: This book examines the relationship between Islam and nationalism and the evolution of identity politics. Bridging African and Arab histories and giving a cross-national and cross-regional analysis of movements of religious reform, nationalism and anti-colonialism, its wide geographical coverage ranges from Zanzibar on the Indian Ocean through to Oman into the Mediterranean.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. Arabs in Zanzibar : revisiting history -- 2. The Ibadi nahḍa in Oman and Zanzibar : from tajdīd to anticolonialism -- 3. Zanzibar and Mzab : historical legacies and colonial encounters -- 4. Zanzibar : in the realm of the Mashriq -- 5. Nāṣir al-Bahlānī : "A man in a nation and a nation in a man" -- 6. In the realm of Salafi Islam : the Ibadi diaspora, the Arabic press, and the making of Zanzibari nationalism -- 7. Guarding the waṭan : education and identity in interwar Zanzibar.

This book examines the relationship between Islam and nationalism and the evolution of identity politics. Bridging African and Arab histories and giving a cross-national and cross-regional analysis of movements of religious reform, nationalism and anti-colonialism, its wide geographical coverage ranges from Zanzibar on the Indian Ocean through to Oman into the Mediterranean.

Also available as an electronic resource.

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