Quranic schools in northern Nigeria everyday experiences of youth, faith, and poverty

In a global context of widespread fears over Islamic radicalisation and militancy, poor Muslim youth, especially those socialised in religious seminaries, have attracted overwhelmingly negative attention. In northern Nigeria, male Qur'anic students have garnered a reputation of resorting to vio...

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1. Verfasser: Hoechner, Hannah (VerfasserIn)
Format: Buch
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: London International African Institute 2018
Cambridge Cambridge University Press
Schriftenreihe:The international African library 54
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Zusammenfassung:In a global context of widespread fears over Islamic radicalisation and militancy, poor Muslim youth, especially those socialised in religious seminaries, have attracted overwhelmingly negative attention. In northern Nigeria, male Qur'anic students have garnered a reputation of resorting to violence in order to claim their share of highly unequally distributed resources. Drawing on material from long-term ethnographic and participatory fieldwork among Qur'anic students and their communities, this book offers an alternative perspective on youth, faith, and poverty
Beschreibung:xix, 267 pages illustrations 24 cm
ISBN:1108425291
9781108425292
9781108441735