Weiss, Holger

Muslim Faith-Based Organizations and Social Welfare in Africa

by Weiss, Holger

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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 …

Muslims in contemporary Ghana —an independent republic since 1957 and officially a secular state—are a substantial minority among the majority Christian population. According to the 2000 census, 2.9 million Ghanaians (15.6 percent) were Muslims, out of a total population of 18.9…