The start of the hajj is reigniting debates around its commercialization, but pilgrimages are also a time for seeking business opportunities, writes a scholar of Islam.
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The debate around photos of two Nigerian Salafi clerics taken in London wasn’t a trivial conversation about dress and recreational choices. It was loaded with symbolism.
Muslims from the Salafist tradition can often be seen as ‘radical.’ There is not much understanding of Salafism, its history and its diversity. Here’s what it means to be a Salafist.
The growing Arab military, political and religious influence is only the latest example of an external force taking hold in the Horn of Africa.
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Senior Research Fellow, Horn of Africa and Southern Africa, Institute of Commonwealth Studies, School of Advanced Study, University of London
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Assistant Professor of Sociology, UMass Amherst
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Professor of African History, Vanderbilt University
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Assistant Professor of HIstory, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
