14. Islam and radicalization in Senegal: A response in female preaching
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Selly Ba
Abstract
Senegal is witnessing a reconfiguration of its religious space, with an increase in the importance of Islamic reformist and neo-brotherhood¹ movements( Mvango 2014)-and an impressive development of Wahhabi associations, a movement of radical Islam that rejects any interpretation of the Quran. In this context of religious radicalization, women preachers are attempting to make their own contribution to the reconfiguration. In light of a number of cases of individuals in their neighbourhoods and surrounding areas who volunteered to go to the jihad in Syria, the preachers decided to integrate the issues of radicalization and jihad into their sermons. This paper reviews the radicalization situation in Senegal and the involvement of women preachers as a response to this radicalization. It is based on a comparison of the biographies of two women belonging, respectively, to an Islamic reformist association of Salafi tendency and to the neo-brotherhood movement.
Abstract
Senegal is witnessing a reconfiguration of its religious space, with an increase in the importance of Islamic reformist and neo-brotherhood¹ movements( Mvango 2014)-and an impressive development of Wahhabi associations, a movement of radical Islam that rejects any interpretation of the Quran. In this context of religious radicalization, women preachers are attempting to make their own contribution to the reconfiguration. In light of a number of cases of individuals in their neighbourhoods and surrounding areas who volunteered to go to the jihad in Syria, the preachers decided to integrate the issues of radicalization and jihad into their sermons. This paper reviews the radicalization situation in Senegal and the involvement of women preachers as a response to this radicalization. It is based on a comparison of the biographies of two women belonging, respectively, to an Islamic reformist association of Salafi tendency and to the neo-brotherhood movement.
Kapitel in diesem Buch
- Frontmatter I
- Table of Contents V
- 1. Introduction: Biographies of radicalization–hidden messages of social change 1
- 2. ‘The heavens have already burned’: Reflections on radicalism 15
- 3. Pathways to home-grown jihadism in the Netherlands: The Hofstadgroup, 2002–2005 25
- 4. How Muhammad al-Wali developed a radical definition of the unbeliever 39
- 5. The jihad of Sheikh Ahmet Ismael Bichara in Kouno: An example of an outbreak of extremism based on religion 51
- 6. Ruben Um Nyobe: Camerounian maquis, radical, and liberator, ca 1948–1958 65
- 7. ‘It’s the way we are moulded’ 85
- 8. Radicalization processes and trajectories in western Chad 103
- 9. Radicalization in northern Nigeria: Stories from Boko Haram 114
- 10. A rebel youth? Social media, charismatic leadership, and ‘radicalized’ youth in the 2015 Biafra protests 134
- 11. Hamadoun Koufa: Spearhead of radicalism in central Mali 152
- 12. Central Mali: Toward a Fulani question? 174
- 13. Central African refugee Mbororo nomads in Cameroon: Cultural hostages? 194
- 14. Islam and radicalization in Senegal: A response in female preaching 216
- 15. Legacies of political resistance in Congo-Brazzaville 230
- 16. ‘Give the Youth a Voice’: A reflection on the Rencontres V4T@Dakar, 15–18 November 2017 244
- List of Authors 256
- List of Abbreviations VII
- Acknowledgements IX
Kapitel in diesem Buch
- Frontmatter I
- Table of Contents V
- 1. Introduction: Biographies of radicalization–hidden messages of social change 1
- 2. ‘The heavens have already burned’: Reflections on radicalism 15
- 3. Pathways to home-grown jihadism in the Netherlands: The Hofstadgroup, 2002–2005 25
- 4. How Muhammad al-Wali developed a radical definition of the unbeliever 39
- 5. The jihad of Sheikh Ahmet Ismael Bichara in Kouno: An example of an outbreak of extremism based on religion 51
- 6. Ruben Um Nyobe: Camerounian maquis, radical, and liberator, ca 1948–1958 65
- 7. ‘It’s the way we are moulded’ 85
- 8. Radicalization processes and trajectories in western Chad 103
- 9. Radicalization in northern Nigeria: Stories from Boko Haram 114
- 10. A rebel youth? Social media, charismatic leadership, and ‘radicalized’ youth in the 2015 Biafra protests 134
- 11. Hamadoun Koufa: Spearhead of radicalism in central Mali 152
- 12. Central Mali: Toward a Fulani question? 174
- 13. Central African refugee Mbororo nomads in Cameroon: Cultural hostages? 194
- 14. Islam and radicalization in Senegal: A response in female preaching 216
- 15. Legacies of political resistance in Congo-Brazzaville 230
- 16. ‘Give the Youth a Voice’: A reflection on the Rencontres V4T@Dakar, 15–18 November 2017 244
- List of Authors 256
- List of Abbreviations VII
- Acknowledgements IX
