书目名称 | Muslim Faith-Based Organizations and Social Welfare in Africa | 编辑 | Holger Weiss | 视频video | | 概述 | Addresses the discourses, agendas, and actions of Muslim faith-based organizations and activists to empower Muslim communities in contemporary sub-Saharan Africa.Focuses on how traditional Muslim welf | 图书封面 |  | 描述 | 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. .Chapters "Muslim NGOs, Zakat and the Provision of Social Welfare in Sub-Saharan Africa: An Introduction" and "Discourses on Zakat and Its Implementation in Contemporary Ghana" are available open access under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License via link.springer.com.. | 出版日期 | Book 2020 | 关键词 | Social Welfare; Muslim Faith; Islam; African Islam; Faith-Based Organizations; Development; African Politi | 版次 | 1 | doi | https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-38308-4 | isbn_softcover | 978-3-030-38310-7 | isbn_ebook | 978-3-030-38308-4 | copyright | The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerl |
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