{"product_id":"muslim-faith-based-organizations-and-social-holger-weiss-9783030383107","title":"Muslim Faith-Based Organizations and Social Welfare in Africa","description":"This book addresses the discourses, agendas and actions of Muslim faith-based organizations and activists to empower Muslim communities in contemporary sub-Saharan Africa. The individual chapters discuss how traditional Muslim welfare and charity institutions, \u003ci\u003ezakat \u003c\/i\u003e(obligatory or mandatory almsgiving), \u003ci\u003esadaqa \u003c\/i\u003e(voluntary almsgiving and donations) and \u003ci\u003ewaqf \u003c\/i\u003e(pious endowments), are used to improve social welfare, focusing on instrumentalization and institutionalization in the collection and distribution of zakat. The book includes case studies from West Africa (Ghana, Burkina Faso, Cote d'Ivoire, Ghana and Senegal), the Horn of Africa (Somalia) and East Africa (Kenya and Tanzania), highlighting the role and interplay of local, national and international Sunni, Shia and Ahmadiyya Muslim faith-based organizations and NGOs. \u003cbr\u003eChapters \"Muslim NGOs, Zakat and the Provision of Social Welfare in Sub-Saharan Africa: An Introduction\" and \"Discourses on Zakat and Its Implementation in Contemporary Ghana\" are available open access under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License via link.springer.com.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Holger Weiss\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 3030383105\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9783030383107\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Palgrave MacMillan\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/13\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 313\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.96lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.27h x 5.83w x 0.74d","brand":"Holger Weiss","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44127852790015,"sku":"9783030383107","price":109.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_e7627ced-31e1-4ded-91c5-04eb9eb558f4.jpg?v=1687455609","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/muslim-faith-based-organizations-and-social-holger-weiss-9783030383107","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}