Muslim Identities and Political Strategies: A Case Study of Muslims in the Greater Cape Town Area of South Africa, 1994-2000 |
Contents
Acknowledgements | 7 |
1 Introduction | 9 |
2 Framework of Analysis | 15 |
3 The historical context | 65 |
4 Clerics and sacred order in a diverse community | 100 |
5 PAGAD vigilantism and urban terrorism | 140 |
6 Muslim networks and electoral politics | 180 |
7 Transnational dimensions and local politics | 218 |
8 Islam Muslim and symbolic orders | 249 |
9 Conclusions | 286 |
Glossary | 305 |
Abbreviations | 307 |
Bibliography | 309 |
Backcover | 323 |
Common terms and phrases
Achmat Sedick Ad-Da'wah Afrikaner Al-Miftah approach Arabic areas Athlone authority Bo-Kaap Boorhaanol Islam campaign Cape Argus Cape Malay Cape Muslims Cape Town Coloured and Indian Coloured identity constituted contestation crime cultural democracy diverse dominant drug Dullah Omar Ebrahim Rasool elections Esack ethnic example February formed framework G-Force Gamieldien gangs gangsters Ibid imam Indian Muslims interpreters of Islam Interview with Sh Islamist issue leaders linked Malay March MJC leadership Mohamed mosque movement Muslim community Muslim discourses Muslim identities Muslim Judicial Council Muslim Minority Muslim politics Muslim Views non-Muslim November October organization PAGAD participation police political order political system population Qibla Quran racial Radio religion religious role secular September 2000 Shariah Shaykh Shia social socio-economic socio-political South Africa struggle Sufi symbolic transnational ulama ummah unity violence vote Western Cape Yusuf