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Islam in Africa Ser. ; v.7 |
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Islam in Africa Ser
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Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Abbreviations -- Orthography -- Glossary -- Introduction Decolonization: Toward a Musical Approach to Religion -- Chapter One In the Shoes of the Colonized -- Chapter Two A Tale of Two Courts: The Sharia of Allah and the Custom of the Patriarch -- Chapter Three President Ismail al-Azhari, 1965-1969: The Politics of Moral Injury -- Chapter Four Nimerie's Instant Justice: Tongue of God and the Rogue -- Chapter Five The Qadis and Mahmoud M. Taha: Toward an Economy of Vendetta and Martyrdom -- Chapter Six Growing Up in a Qadi's Home: Hasan al-Turabi and his Theology of Modernity -- Conclusion The Difficult Birth of the Unified Judiciary -- Bibliography -- Index |
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The book uses the concept of the Manichaean geography of the colony, popularized by Fanon, to account for the virulent Islamic renewal in Sudan. In focusing on the Sudan judiciary, characterized by an unrelenting rift between its civil and Sharia divisions, the book examines the various forces that sought to profit from these Manichaean resources |
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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2020. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries |
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Print version: Ibrahim, Abdullah Ali Manichaean Delirium : Decolonizing the Judiciary and Islamic Renewal in Sudan, 1898-1985
Boston : BRILL,c2008 9789004141100
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Islamic law -- Sudan.;Islam and justice -- Sudan.;Islamic courts -- Sudan.;Justice, Administration of (Islamic law) -- Sudan.;Islam -- Sudan -- History
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