Searching for Islamic Ethical Agency in Post-Apartheid Cape Town An Anthology.
- Stellenbosch : African Sun Media, (c)2019.
- 1 online resource (109 pages)
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Includes bibliographies and index.
Intro -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- Foreword -- Editor's Foreword -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Active participation in the Reconstruction and Development Programme -- 3. Muslim schooling patterns in the new South Africa -- 4. Breaking from Abū Jahl's shadow: South African Muslims search for a 'theology of softness' -- 5. Addressing the blighted Muslim psyche in the context of the current world crisis -- 6. Muslim community schools in Cape Town: exemplifying adaptation to the democratic landscape -- 7. Educational reflexivity in the age of discursive closure 8. Developing a critical Muslim political engagement with South African realities -- 9. Educational adaptation in a changing city -- 10. Muslim elites, the .Aulamā and ambiguous accommodation in democratic South Africa -- 11. The Ḥikmah (wisdom) of Advocate Thuli Madonsela, Public Protector, Republic of South Africa -- 12. Discovering the purpose of Ramaḍān in the time of load shedding -- 13. Cultivating recognition to advance environmental justice -- 14. Living in Fidelity to the Constitution -- 15. From responding to the water crisis to actively addressing poverty and hardship 16. 'My Iran trip reveals cultural complexities': impressions of the country and its people -- 17. Responding to the decolonisation imperative: Imagining Islam from the perspective of the 'wretched of the earth' -- 18. Gratitude (shukr) and friendship (ṣadaqah) in transacting a 'metaphysics of active presence' in the city -- 19. After the Verulam Mosque attack we need to urgently counter sectarian discourse in our communities -- 20. Rereading the legacy of Imam Haron in the 50th year of commemorating his martyrdom 21. 'Searching for Imam Haron': Reflections on recent intra-Muslim polemics in South African Muslim civil society space -- 22. The living role of those who died foR us to be free -- 23. From abstinence (imsāk) to elevation (rif.Aah): Reimagining Imam Abdullah Haron's path of shahādah (bearing witness) in the quest for justice and dignity -- Afterword
9781928314622
Muslims--South Africa--Cape Town. Islam--Moral and ethical aspects--South Africa--Cape Town.