Muslim Ethiopia: The Christian Legacy, Identity Politics, and Islamic Reformism

Front Matter....Pages i-xii
Muslims in Ethiopia: The Christian Legacy, Identity Politics, and Islamic Reformism....Pages 1-21
Front Matter....Pages 23-23
Muslims Struggling for Recognition in Contemporary Ethiopia....Pages 25-46
Being Young, Being Muslim in Bale....Pages 47-69
Religious Change and the Remaking of Boundaries among Muslim Afar Pastoralists....Pages 71-87
Front Matter....Pages 89-89
The Formation of Trans-Religious Pilgrimage Centers in Southeast Ethiopia: Sitti Mumina and the Faraqasa Connection....Pages 91-114
The Gendering Discourse in the Debates of Religious Orthodoxy....Pages 115-137
Wali Venerating Practices, Identity Politics, and Islamic Reformism among the Siltie....Pages 139-161
Against Wahhabism? Islamic Reform, Ambivalence, and Sentiments of Loss in Harar....Pages 163-184
Front Matter....Pages 185-185
Islam, War, and Peace in the Horn of Africa....Pages 187-199
Transborder Islamic Activism in the Horn of Africa, the Case of Tadamun—the Ethiopian Muslim Brotherhood?....Pages 201-214
Ahlu Sunna wa l-Jama’a in Somalia....Pages 215-239
Postscript....Pages 241-258
Back Matter....Pages 259-267