Muslim Empowerment in Ghana : : Analysing the Spectrum of Muslim Social Mobilization during the Internet Age / / Holger Weiss.

• Superior document: Islam in Africa ; 26
• VerfasserIn: Weiss, Holger,
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden ;, Boston : : Brill,, 2024.; ©2024
• Year of Publication: 2024
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Series: Islam in Africa ; 26.; Middle East and Islamic Studies E-Books Online, Collection 2024.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (579 pages)

This book is the first ‘groundwork' on Muslim NGOs in contemporary Ghana. It builds upon a database of more than 600 Muslim non-profit associations, foundations and grass-roots organisations whose activities are traced through extensive use of social media. The first part of the book scrutin...

Table of Contents

• Preface
• Acknowledgments
• List of Tables, Graphs and Figures
• 1 Empowerment through NGO  s
• 1 Muslims in Ghana
• 2 Defining CBO  s, CSO  s and Muslim NGO  s
• 3 Empowerment and the NGO -isation of Philanthropy
• 4 Detecting and Analysing the Spectrum of Muslim NGO  s
• 2 A Changing Landscape of Muslim NGO  s in Ghana
• 1 Muslim Philanthropists: Outreach through Charities and Foundations
• 2 Grassroots Associations, Movements and Representative Bodies
• 3 The Youth as a Dynamic Force
• 4 International Muslim Charities Operating in Ghana
• 3 The Essence of Muslim Faith-Based Humanitarian Relief
• 1 Feeding and Clothing the Poor during Ramadan and at Eid
• 2 Orphans
• 3 Prison Inmates
• 4 Ad Hoc Calls for Persons in Need
• 5 Persons with Disabilities
• 6 Mobilising sadaqa in Support of Deprived Communities
• 7 Generating Donations from One Million Muslims via Social Media
• 8 Local Initiatives in Tamale and Wa
• 4 Initiating Community Development
• 1 SONSETFUND and Scholarships for Muslim Students
• 2 Zero Gender-Based Violence
• 3 Promoting Sustainable Development Goals and Interfaith Dialogue
• 4 Establishing Islamic Clinics and Hospitals
• 5 The Biodigester Toilet Project
• 6 A Community Resource Centre, a Community Library and the Plastic4Education Project
• 7 Developing Hohoe Zongo
• 8 Urban Market Gardens
• 5 Zakat in Ghana: A Tool for Empowerment?
• 1 Horizontal, Informal Philanthropy and the Traditional Discourse on Almsgiving
• 2 Towards Vertical Philanthropy: The Instrumentalist Discourse
• 3 The Institutionalist Discourse
• 4 Local, Regional or a National zakat Fund?
• 6 Introducing Islamic Social Finance in Ghana: Prospects and Challenges
• 1 Envisioning a Dual Fiscal System for Ghana
• 2 Islamic Investment and Microfinance
• 3 Waqf and sadaqa jariya
• 7 Concluding Reflections
• Appendix: Associations, Foundations, Social Movements and NGO  s Listed in the 2022 Ghana Muslim NGO ( GMNGO ) Database (status: 5.12.2023; Σ 683)
• Bibliography
• Index.