Muslim Empowerment in Ghana : : Analysing the Spectrum of Muslim Social Mobilization during the Internet Age / / Holger Weiss.
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...
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Superior document: | Islam in Africa ; 26 |
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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) |
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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.