{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/61c869811c6a7900119a34ed/645966c09ac3930011911ddb?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Islamic Pacifism in West Africa","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/61c869811c6a7900119a34ed/1683580597104-1e547628be2f8feca70fc1b4f8c3dd57.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>The concept of \"jihad\" in Islam is often oversimplified, and in this episode we explore one example of a \"pacifist\" tradition within Islam assoicated with Salim Suwari and the Suwarian tradition.</p><p><br></p><p>Sources/Suggested Reading:</p><ul><li>Babou, Cheikh Anta (2007). \"Fighting the Greater Jihad: Amadu Bamba and the founding of the Mouridiyya of Senegal, 1853-1913\". Ohio University Press.</li><li>Clark, Andrew Francis (1999). \"Imperialism, Independence, and Islam in Senegal and Mali\". Africa Today, Volume 46, Number 3/4, Summer/Autumn. Indiana University Press.</li><li>Creevey, Lucy E. (1985). \"Muslim Brotherhoods and Politics in Senegal in 1985\". The Journal of Modern African Studies, Vol. 23, No. 4. Cambridge University Press.</li><li>Kimball, Michelle R. (2018). \"Shaykh Ahmadou Bamba: A Peacemaker for Our Time\". The Other Press Sdn. Bhd.</li><li>Mbacké, Khadim (2005). \"Sufism and Religious Brotherhoods in Senegal\". Markus Weiner Publishers.</li><li>Sanneh, Lamin O. (2018). \"The Jakhanke: The History of an Islamic Clerical People of the Senegambia\". Routledge.</li><li>Wilks, Ivor (1968). \"The Transmission of Islamic Learning in the Western Sudan\". In Literacy in Traditional Societies, ed. J. Goody. London.</li><li>Wilks, Ivor (2011). \"al-Hajj Salim Suwari and the Suwarians: A search for sources\". Transactions of the Historical Society of GhanaNew Series, No. 13 (2011), pp. 1-79 (79 pages). Published By: Historical Society of Ghana.</li><li>Willis, John Ralph (1970). The Jihād of al-Hajj cUmar al-Fūtī: Its Doctrinal Basis. . . Ph.D. thesis, Univ. of London.</li><li>Willis, John Ralph (2013). \"In the Path of Allah: The Passion of al-Hajj 'Umar\". Routledge.</li></ul>","author_name":"Filip Holm"}