Browsing Research articles (Dept of Theology and Religious Studies) by Subject "Southern Africa"

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  • Da 'wah Movements and Sufi Tariqahs: Competing for spiritual spaces in contemporary South(ern) Africa 

    Haron, M. (Journal of Muslim Minority Affairs; Carfax Publishing; Taylor & Francis; http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/titles/13602004.asp, 2005-08)
    This paper provides a brief survey of the contemporary da'wah movements and Sufi orders (tariqah) that have redefined and reformulated some of the social institutions among the Muslim community in southern Africa. After ...

  • Gaborone Muslim Community: A Vignette into their lives 

    Haron, M. (Faculty of Theology, University of Stellenbosch, http://academic.sun.ac.za/tsv/Scriptura/scriptura.htm, 2006)
    Southern Africa's Muslim minorities have been growing at a steady pace through procreation, conversion and migration. These Muslim communities have rooted and embedded themselves onto the Southern African soil and have ...