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Title: | Christian-Muslim Relations(s) in Tanzania: The Socio-Political Dimension |
Author: | Omari, Cuthbert K. |
Year: | 1984 |
Periodical: | Journal of the Institute of Muslim Minority Affairs |
Volume: | 5 |
Issue: | 2 |
Pages: | 373-390 |
Language: | English |
Geographic term: | Tanzania |
Subjects: | religion Islamic history Islam Religion and Witchcraft Peoples of Africa (Ethnic Groups) |
External link: | https://doi.org/10.1080/02666958408715907 |
Abstract: | The aim of this paper is first to correct the misinformation contained in a recent article on the historical development of Islam in East Africa by M. Ali Kettani (J. Inst. Muslim Minority Aff., vol. 4, no. 1/2 (1982); p. 104-119) through an academic analysis of the facts and further to analyse the relation between Christianity and Islam, historically and demographically. The author then takes up the socio-political dimension of the relation between the two religions and examines their contribution to the creation of a secular state like Tanzania. The discussion focuses on the following aspects: the household level, the village, and the national level. - Notes, tab. |