ngo-ization as Legitimization: The “Engineering” of a Senegalese Shi‘i Islamic Development Model

Senegal’s Shi‘i Muslim leaders have been establishing religious centers as ngo s, which bring material and spiritual development to neighborhoods and villages. Obtaining ngo status grants legitimacy and convinces a growing network of followers of the wider benefits of adhering to a minority branch o...

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Main Author: Leichtman, Mara (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Brill 2022
In: Islamic Africa
Year: 2022, Volume: 13, Issue: 2, Pages: 182-219
Further subjects:B Senegal
B ngo s
B Development
B Shi‘i Islam
B Islamic Leaders
B Conversion
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