Localising Salafism

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Localising Salafism
Author : Terje Østebø
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Publisher : BRILL
Language : English
Release Date : 30 September 2011
ISBN : 9789004184787
Pages : 407 pages
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With a particular focus on the role of situated actors, this book sheds light on the emergence and expansion of Salafism in Bale, Ethiopia from the late 1960s, through the Marxist period (1974-1991) before discussing the rapid expansion and fragmentation of the movement in the 1990s until 2006.

Localising Salafism

With a particular focus on the role of situated actors, this book sheds light on the emergence and expansion of Salafism in Bale, Ethiopia from the late 1960s, through the Marxist period (1974-1991) before discussing the rapid expansion and fragmentation of the movement in the 1990s until 2006.

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