Islamic Pacifism in West Africa

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Signup for your FREE trial to Wondrium here: http://ow.ly/jxAQ50MESiG • The concept of jihad in Islam is often oversimplified, and in this episode we explore one example of a pacifist tradition within Islam assoicated with Salim Suwari and the Suwarian tradition. • Support Let's Talk Religion on Patreon: / letstalkreligion Or through a one-time donation: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/letst... Also check out the Let's Talk Religion Podcast: https://open.spotify.com/show/0ih4sqt... • Sources/Suggested Reading: • Babou, Cheikh Anta (2007). Fighting the Greater Jihad: Amadu Bamba and the founding of the Mouridiyya of Senegal, 1853-1913 . Ohio University Press. • Clark, Andrew Francis (1999). Imperialism, Independence, and Islam in Senegal and Mali . Africa Today, Volume 46, Number 3/4, Summer/Autumn. Indiana University Press. • Creevey, Lucy E. (1985). Muslim Brotherhoods and Politics in Senegal in 1985 . The Journal of Modern African Studies, Vol. 23, No. 4. Cambridge University Press. • Kimball, Michelle R. (2018). Shaykh Ahmadou Bamba: A Peacemaker for Our Time . The Other Press Sdn. Bhd. • Mbacké, Khadim (2005). Sufism and Religious Brotherhoods in Senegal . Markus Weiner Publishers. • Sanneh, Lamin O. (2018). The Jakhanke: The History of an Islamic Clerical People of the Senegambia . Routledge. • Wilks, Ivor (1968). The Transmission of Islamic Learning in the Western Sudan . In Literacy in Traditional Societies, ed. J. Goody. London. • Wilks, Ivor (2011). al-Hajj Salim Suwari and the Suwarians: A search for sources . Transactions of the Historical Society of GhanaNew Series, No. 13 (2011), pp. 1-79 (79 pages). Published By: Historical Society of Ghana. • Willis, John Ralph (1970). The Jihād of al-Hajj cUmar al-Fūtī: Its Doctrinal Basis. . . Ph.D. thesis, Univ. of London. • Willis, John Ralph (2013). In the Path of Allah: The Passion of al-Hajj 'Umar . Routledge.

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