Politics, ethnicity and jostling for power : the evolution of institutions of Muslim leadership and Kadhiship in colonial Kenya, 1895-1963

This study demonstrates the flexibility and manipulability of Islamic leadership in a pluralistic situation, and argues that colonial policies and practices concerning Islamic legal practitioners (qadis), their institutions (qadis courts) reflected British prejudices about ethnicity and race. In a broad sense this work first examines how power, politics, ethnicity and colonialism influenced the development of political institutions among Muslims. Secondly, it debates the basis of the authority of the (ulam

Grantor dc:publisher.institution

Department of Religious Studies

Year dc:date.issued

2003

Author dc:creator

• Mwakimako, Hassan Abdulrahman

Advisors dc:contributor.advisor

• Tayob, Abdulkader
• Bakari, Muhammad

Language dc:language.iso

eng

Handle dc:identifier.uri

http://hdl.handle.net/11427/8003

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:open.uct.ac.za:11427/8003