Governance and Islam in East Africa

AcknowledgementsMap of eastern Africa

IntroductionFarouk Topan, with Kai Kresse, Erin E. Stiles and Hassan Mwakimako

1. An Islamic Interpretive Strategy for Exploring Grassroots Governance in Northern KenyaMark LeVine

2. The Kenyan State and Coastal Muslims: The Politics of Alienation and EngagementJeremy Prestholdt

3. Counter-Narrativity as Peace, Love and Unity: Citizenship and Belonging in a Kenyan Muslim Counter-Radicalisation Programme Halkano Abdi Wario

4. Beyond Vicious Circles in the Kenyan Post-colony? On the Value of Discursive Space in Muslim PoliticsKai Kresse

5. Islam, Politics and the Limits of Authority in Mainland Tanzania, 1955–1968James R. Brennan

6. Politics, Lived Islam and Muslim Public Discourse in Zanzibar: Reflections on Cultural Identity, Belonging and Governance, 1984–2016Kjersti Larsen

7. The Inter-religious Dynamics of Muslim Politics: The Zanzibar CaseHans Olsson

8. The Supreme Council of Kenya Muslims (SUPKEM): Jostling for Representativeness among Muslims in Kenya Hassan Mwakimako

9. Muslim Networks, Public Services and Development Intervention in Post-Socialist Tanzania: Between Liberalisation and AlienationFelicitas Becker

10. Shehes and the State: The Role of Muslim Religious Leaders in Public Health Governance in Rural TanzaniaMohamed Yunus Rafiq

11. Facing Change at the Margins of the Kenyan Nation: The Promise of the Lamu PortCharlotte Knote

12. Beyond an Impasse: Rule of Law and the Kenyan Kadhis’ CourtsSusan F. Hirsch

13. The Law of Evidence Applicable in the Kadhis’ Courts of Kenya: A Study of Two Decisions by Kadhi Abduljabar, Kadhis’ Court Nairobi at Upper HillTito Kunyuk

14. Courts within Courts: Kadhis and their Courts in the Kenyan Judicial SystemAbdulkadir Hashim

15. The Case of the Stubborn Heir: State and Non-State Actors in Zanzibar’s Kadhis’ Courts Erin E. Stiles