Islamic reform and Arab nationalism
Subtitle: expanding the crescent from the Mediterranean to the Indian Ocean (1880s-1930s)
By: Amal N. Ghazal.
Series: Culture and civilization in the Middle East
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2010
Place of publication: New York, NY
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780415779807; 9780203855294
Subjects: Arab nationalism; Nationalism -- Religious aspects -- Islam; Islamic renewal; Islam and politics -- Arab countries; Anti-imperialist movements -- Arab countries
Description: This book examines the relationship between Islam and nationalism and the evolution of identity politics. Bridging African and Arab histories and giving a cross-national and cross-regional analysis of movements of religious reform, nationalism and anti-colonialism, its wide geographical coverage ranges from Zanzibar on the Indian Ocean through to Oman into the Mediterranean.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.