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

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

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 scrutini...

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Main Author: Weiss, Holger (Author)

Format: eBook

Language: English

Published: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2024.

Series: Islam in Africa ; 26.
Middle East and Islamic Studies E-Books Online, Collection 2024.

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Faith-based community organizing > Ghana.
Muslims > Ghana.
Non-governmental organizations > Ghana.

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Call Number: BP64.G4

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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.