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Introduction to Islam for Malawi / David Bone.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Bone, David S., author.
- Series:
- Mzuni books ; Number 47.
- Mzuni books ; Number 47
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Islam--Malawi.
- Islam.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (175 pages)
- Edition:
- Second edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Mzuzu, Malawi : Mzuni Press, [2021]
- Summary:
- In Malawi, where Islam arrived before Christianity, a substantial minority of the population are Muslims and, in some areas, they form the majority. Many people in one major ethnic group, the Yao, have an especially close association with the religion. In cities and many areas of the country the distinctive presence of Islam can be seen in the form of mosques, ways of dressing, customs and festivals. Muslims have provided Malawi with a State President and Vice-President, Cabinet Ministers and Ambassadors, as well as leading figures in commerce, the professions and the security services. This book aims to contribute to knowledge and understanding in three main ways and falls into three 19 sections. First and foremost, it offers a concise introduction to the foundations on which the religion of Islam is based. It then goes on to describe the expansion and development of the Islamic Community and account for some of the sources of the rich diversity that is found among Muslims. Some of this diversity comes from the very different cultures in which Islam has found a place, and some of it comes also from different interpretations of the foundations of the religion itself. The book concludes with an outline of how Islam has come to Africa, and to Malawi in particular, and how it has found expression in the lives of Muslims there.
- Contents:
- Cover
- Copyright page
- Title page
- Glossary
- Contents
- Foreword
- Introduction
- Why Study Islam?
- Purpose and Structure of the Book
- SECTION 1: THE FOUNDATIONS OF ISLAM
- Part 1: The Prophet
- Chapter 1 - The Seal of the Prophets
- The Qur'an and the Bible
- Chapter 2 - The Arabian Setting
- The Land and the People
- The Religious Background
- Chapter 3 - The Early Life of Muhammad
- The Night of Power
- The Revelations
- Chapter 4 - Proclaiming the Message
- Early Reaction in Mecca
- Opposition in Mecca
- Persecution
- Chapter 5 - Muhammad in Medina
- The Hijrah
- Establishing the Community of Islam
- Muhammad and the Jewish tribes
- Chapter 6 - Conflict with the Quraysh
- The Battle of Badr
- The Battle of Uhud
- Expansion and Consolidation
- Chapter 7 - Muhammad Wins Mecca
- The Treaty of al-Hudaybiyyah
- The Capture of Mecca
- Muhammad's Final Years
- Muhammad's Legacy
- Part 2: The Book
- Chapter 8 - The Qur'an
- The Divisions of the Qur'an
- The Compilation of the Qur'an
- Chapter 9 - The Teaching about God in the Qur'an
- The Unity of God
- God as Creator and Sustainer
- God's Sovereign Will
- Chapter 10 - The Teaching of the Qur'an about Humankind
- People Dependent on God
- How People should Respond to God
- Right-doing
- Chapter 11 - The Teaching of the Qur'an about Judgement, Paradise and Hell
- The Day of Judgement
- Paradise
- Hell
- Part 3: Islamic Law and Guidance
- Chapter 12 - Regulating the Community
- The First two Sources of Authority
- Hadith
- Chapter 13 - The Scholars of Islam, the Ulema
- The Sources of Authority of Islamic Law
- Chapter 14 - The Obligations of Islam
- The Religious Obligations
- Prayer
- Almsgiving
- Fasting
- Pilgrimage
- Social and Economic Obligations
- SECTION 2: DEVELOPMENT AND DIVERSITY.
- Chapter 15 - The Rightly Guided Caliphs
- Abu Bakr
- Umar
- Uthman
- Ali
- Chapter 16 - Diversity within Islam
- The Shia
- Diversity within Shi-ism
- Chapter 17 - The Development of Islamic Theology
- The Mutazilites
- Chapter 18 - The Development of Islamic Theology II
- The Reply of the Orthodox
- The Arguments of al-Ashari
- Chapter 19 - The Sufis I
- Origins
- Developments
- Chapter 20 - The Sufis II
- A Challenge to Orthodoxy
- Al-Ghazali
- The Brotherhoods
- SECTION 3: ISLAM COMES TO AFRICA AND TO MALAWI
- Chapter 21 - Islam comes to North Africa
- Initial Conquest
- Independence from Control of the Caliphs
- The Fatimid Dynasty
- Chapter 22 - Reform Movements in North Africa
- The Almoravids
- The Almohads
- Chapter 23 - Muslims in West Africa, the First Thousand Years
- The Empire of Ghana
- The Empire of Mali
- The Empire of Songhai
- Chapter 24 - Muslims in West Africa, the Great Reformers
- Uthman dan Fodio
- Al-Hajj Umar
- Chapter 25 - Muslims in East Africa, the First Thousand Years
- The Shirazi Era
- The Portuguese Disruption
- The Omani Era
- Chapter 26 - Muslims Come to the Interior of East Africa
- Early Contacts
- The Growth and Spread of Islam
- Implications for the Development of Islam
- Chapter 27 - The Establishment of Islam in Malawi
- The Jumbes
- The Yao
- European Opposition
- Chiefs and Shaykhs
- Islamic Practice in this Period
- Chapter 28 - Education and Revival
- Muslims and Western Education
- Independence
- Revival and Development
- Reactions
- Chapter 29 - A Muslim President, 1994-2004
- Changes
- Education and Development
- Malawi's Muslims and Wider Society
- Chapter 30 - Muslims in Malawi 2004-2020
- Desire for a Muslim Friendly Society
- Unity in Diversity
- Suggestions for Further Reading
- Back cover.
- Notes:
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9789996060915
- 9996060918
- OCLC:
- 1371334461
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