Politics, ethnicity and jostling for power : the evolution of institutions of Muslim leadership and Kadhiship in colonial Kenya, 1895-1963

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dc.contributor.advisorTayob, Abdulkaderen_ZA
dc.contributor.advisorBakari, Muhammaden_ZA
dc.contributor.authorMwakimako, Hassan Abdulrahmanen_ZA
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dc.date.available2014-10-02T13:21:46Z
dc.date.issued2003en_ZA
dc.descriptionSummary in English.||Bibliography: leaves 265-272.en_ZA
dc.description.abstractThis study demonstrates the flexibility and manipulability of Islamic leadership in a pluralistic situation, and argues that colonial policies and practices concerning Islamic legal practitioners (qadis), their institutions (qadis courts) reflected British prejudices about ethnicity and race. In a broad sense this work first examines how power, politics, ethnicity and colonialism influenced the development of political institutions among Muslims. Secondly, it debates the basis of the authority of the (ulamen_ZA
dc.identifier.apacitationMwakimako, H. A. (2003). <i>Politics, ethnicity and jostling for power : the evolution of institutions of Muslim leadership and Kadhiship in colonial Kenya, 1895-1963</i>. (Thesis). University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Department of Religious Studies. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11427/8003en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationMwakimako, Hassan Abdulrahman. <i>"Politics, ethnicity and jostling for power : the evolution of institutions of Muslim leadership and Kadhiship in colonial Kenya, 1895-1963."</i> Thesis., University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Department of Religious Studies, 2003. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/8003en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationMwakimako, H. 2003. Politics, ethnicity and jostling for power : the evolution of institutions of Muslim leadership and Kadhiship in colonial Kenya, 1895-1963. University of Cape Town.en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Thesis / Dissertation AU - Mwakimako, Hassan Abdulrahman AB - This study demonstrates the flexibility and manipulability of Islamic leadership in a pluralistic situation, and argues that colonial policies and practices concerning Islamic legal practitioners (qadis), their institutions (qadis courts) reflected British prejudices about ethnicity and race. In a broad sense this work first examines how power, politics, ethnicity and colonialism influenced the development of political institutions among Muslims. Secondly, it debates the basis of the authority of the (ulam DA - 2003 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2003 T1 - Politics, ethnicity and jostling for power : the evolution of institutions of Muslim leadership and Kadhiship in colonial Kenya, 1895-1963 TI - Politics, ethnicity and jostling for power : the evolution of institutions of Muslim leadership and Kadhiship in colonial Kenya, 1895-1963 UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/8003 ER - en_ZA
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dc.identifier.vancouvercitationMwakimako HA. Politics, ethnicity and jostling for power : the evolution of institutions of Muslim leadership and Kadhiship in colonial Kenya, 1895-1963. [Thesis]. University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Department of Religious Studies, 2003 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/8003en_ZA
dc.language.isoengen_ZA
dc.publisher.departmentDepartment of Religious Studiesen_ZA
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Humanitiesen_ZA
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Cape Town
dc.subject.otherReligious Studiesen_ZA
dc.titlePolitics, ethnicity and jostling for power : the evolution of institutions of Muslim leadership and Kadhiship in colonial Kenya, 1895-1963en_ZA
dc.typeDoctoral Thesis
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