The New Vitality of Salafism in Côte d'Ivoire

Toward a Radicalization of Ivoirian Islam

Bibliographic Data

ID3932305
AuthorsFrédérick Madore (0000-0003-0959-2092, Département des sciences historiques et Centre interdisciplinaire de recherche sur l’Afrique et le Moyen-Orient (CIRAM), Université Laval QuébecQuébec, corresponding author)
Year2016
Volume46
Issue4
Pages417-452
Publication date2016-08-04
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Religion in Africa (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0022-4200 • E-ISSN: 1570-0666
PublisherWalter de Gruyter GmbH (PUBLISHER • DE)
DOI10.1163/15700666-12340090
OpenAlexW2749101906
LanguageEN
Citations received6
References cited26

This article examines recent developments of Salafism in Côte d'Ivoire by exploring how the movement has evolved over the last 25 years through its main national associations and leaders. Although the situation with regard to terrorism has changed in this country since the attack in Grand-Bassam on 13 March 2016, the intent of this article is to move beyond a reductive focus on security and counterterrorism by painting a more-nuanced portrait of one local manifestation of a global movement often reduced to violence and conflict. Far from becoming radicalized and despite increasing levels of activism, the country's Salafi elites and main national associations have demonstrated civic engagement and opposition to terrorism. They also increased their participation in the socioeconomic arena as well as their willingness to act as a key intermediary between the Muslim community and the country's political leadership

Fundamentalism · Islam · Opposition (politics · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Radicalization · Sociology · Terrorism · African Studies and Ethnography · African Studies and Geopolitics · Gender Studies · History · Law · Multiculturalism, Politics, Migration, Gender

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