Islam was a modernizing influence in Africa, it imposed order among different societies, strengthened the powers of governments, and broke down ethnic loyalties. Islam is one of Africa's most widely ...

The 2016 Posture Statement from U.S. Africa Command (AFRICOM) underscores that factors associated with the Islamic State’s brand of cyber-facilitated extremism are emerging in Africa. AFRICOM’s ...

The book provides an alternate to the set narratives and dominant discourses of pure and borrowed Islam that have emerged in understanding Islam from the standpoints of centrality and marginality in ...

Scholarship on Christian engagement of Islam in Africa is expanding, and many Africans, especially Christian theologians, are taking interest. The growth in scholarship on Islam and its varied ...

Introduction : the Islamization of "tradition" and "modernity" / Eva Evers Rosander -- Sub-Saharan Africa and the wider world of Islam : historical and contemporary perspectives / John Hunwick -- ...

The AFIIEF Forum to be held in Dubai, UAE on March 14-15, 2016. Islamic finance is gaining momentum around the world with major banks and financial institutions in Asia, Europe, Africa, the United ...

For many African countries, violence linked to militant Islamist groups is a pressing security threat. These armed extremist groups amplify grievances and intercommunal differences to recruit new ...

The U.S. on Monday imposed its second round of sanctions in less than a week on people and firms in Africa who it says have provided financial or material support to the Islamic State group. The ...

The influence of Islam on African American jazz musicians post-WWII and the influence of those musicians in the spread of Islam in American cities are interrelated topics that, broadly speaking, are ...