ASC Seminar: Containing and Accommodating Salafism: Lessons from the Republic of Niger

Sebastian Elischer, German Institute of Global and Area Studies/Institute of African Affairs. In line with many West African nations, Niger’s democratization process in the early 1990s led to the spread of Orthodox Sunni Islam (Salafism). However, in contrast to neighbouring countries, Niger has not experienced large-scale Islamic violence nor have the various governments given in to Islamic demands to abandon the secular state. Salafism remained ‘quietist’ and has largely focused on missionary and educational activities. Please register.

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