America and the Production of Islamic Truth in Uganda

Cover
Half Title
Series Information
Title Page
Copyright Page
Dedication
Table of Contents
Acknowledgment
Acronyms
Glossary
Transliteration
1 Introduction
	The Postcolonial State
	Local Muslim Initiatives
	Method: Africa as Conceptual Model
	Sources
	Organization of the Book
	Notes
	References
2 Islam and the Limits of Centralization in Late Precolonial Buganda
	Buganda Before the Late Precolonial Era
	Islam, Power, and Authority in Late Precolonial Buganda
	Notes
	References
3 Exclusion By Inclusion: The Ugandan State and the Muslim Subject
	The Colonial Era
	Exclusion By Inclusion and the Making of a Muslim Domain
	Muslim Education and the Limits of the Colonial State
	Notes
	References
4 The Madrasa as a Site of the War On Terror
	Underlying Assumptions of War On Terror Discourses
	Rwakafuzi’s Thesis: “The Muslims Are Being Profiled”
	Legitimizing State Intervention in the Production of Islamic Truth
	The US State Department and Its Consultants
	Notes
	References
5 The Diminishing Muslim Domain: America’s Prescriptions for Islamic Education Reform
	Notes
	References
6 Question Formulators and Data Collectors: The Production of Knowledge About the Madrasa
	Muslim Response
	Muslim Resistance
	Notes
	References
7 Salafism: The Boogeyman of the War On Terror
	What Is Salafism?
	Salafism in Uganda
	Religious Innovations
	The Spread of Salafism
	Tracking the Graduates
	Darasa
	Schools
	Violence: the Struggle for Mosques and the Making of a Rebel Group
	The 1991 Incident
	Another Path: Formation of a Muslim Political Party
	Notes
	References
8 Africa as Conceptual Model: Ugandan Thought and Contemporary Islamic Reform
	Who Is Kisuule?
	Kisuule’s Formulation of the Problem of Islamic Knowledge
	Kisuule’s Methodology
	Commendable “Bid’a” (Innovation): Kisuule’s Philosophy of Change
	Notes
	References
9 Conclusion: Islam and Decolonization
	Notes
	References
Index