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The Spectre of Colony: Colonialism, Islamism, and State in Somalia

abstract: Islamist groups in Somalia define themselves by their opposition. From the pre-Islamist movement of Mohammed Hassan in the nineteenth century to al-Itihaad al-Islaami in the twentieth to al-Shabaab in the twenty-first, Islamism exists as a form of resistance against the dominant power of the era. Furthermore these Islamist groups have all been influenced by the type of state in which they exist, be it colonial, independent, or failed. This work seeks to examine the relationship between the uniquely Somali form of Islamism and the state. Through use of historical records, modern media, and existing scholarship this dissertation will chart the development of Islamism in Somalia from the colonial period to the present and explore the relationship Somali Islamism has with various forms of state. / Dissertation/Thesis / Ph.D. Religious Studies 2013

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:asu.edu/item:18684
Date January 2013
ContributorsFurlow, R. Bennett (Author), Gallab, Abdullahi (Advisor), Talebi, Shahla (Committee member), Ali, Souad (Committee member), Arizona State University (Publisher)
Source SetsArizona State University
LanguageEnglish
Detected LanguageEnglish
TypeDoctoral Dissertation
Format213 pages
Rightshttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/, All Rights Reserved

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