Zanzibari muslim moderns : Islamic paths to progress in the interwar period / Anne K. Bang.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bang, Anne K., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Muslims--Tanzania--Zanzibar--History--20th century.

Muslims.

Islam--Tanzania--Zanzibar--20th century.

Islam.

Zanzibar--History.

Zanzibar.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xv, 237 pages)

Place of Publication:

London : C Hurst & Co. Publishers Ltd, 2024.

Summary:

Zanzibari Muslim Moderns is a historical study of Zanzibar during the interwar years. This was a period marked by rapid intellectual and social change in the Muslim world, when ideas of Islamic progress and development were hotly debated. How did this process play out in Zanzibar? Based on a wide range of sources--Islamic and colonial, private and public--Anne K. Bang examines how these concepts were received and promoted on the island, arguing that a new ideal emerged in its intellectual arena: the Muslim modern. Tracing the influences that shaped the outlook of this new figure, Bang draws lines to Islamic modernists in the Middle East, to local Sufi teachings, and to the recently founded state of Saudi Arabia. She presents the activities of the Muslim modern in the colonial employment system, as a contributor to international debates, as an activist in the community, and more. She also explores the formation of numerous faith-based associations during this period, as well as the views of the Muslim modern on everything from funerary practices and Mawlid celebrations to reading habits. A recurring theme throughout is the question with which many Muslim moderns were confronted: who should implement development? And for whom?

Contents:

In search of the Zanzibari Muslim modern : on modernity, progress and development

Prologue: the magic and the modern - Zanzibar, 1904

The exemplary Muslim modern : Burhan Mkelle (1884-1949) in Zanzibar

The Zanzibar government central school and "modern teaching methods"

Modern jobs : the Zanzibari civil service

Modern associations : ethnic and faith-based associations in Zanzibar

Modern Islamic practices : Zanzibar in the age of culture wars

Wataniyya? Towards a modern Zanzibari culture

Conclusions: the beginnings of a modern Muslim Zanzibari culture.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 221-234) and index.

Description based on online resource; title from title page image (Oxford Academic website, viewed September 3, 2025).

Other Format:

Print version: Bang, Anne K. Zanzibari muslim moderns.

ISBN:

9780197814758

0197814751

9781805262817

1805262815

9780197805091

0197805086

9780197805084

0197805094

OCLC:

1453872302

Publisher Number:

CIPO000216481

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license