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| Title: | Gaborone Muslim Community: A Vignette into their lives |
| Authors: | Haron, M |
| Issue Date: | 2006 |
| Publisher: | Scriptura: International Journal of Bible, Religion and Theology in Southern Africa; Faculty of Theology, University of Stellenbosch [ http://academic.sun.ac.za/tsv/Scriptura/scriptura.htm ] |
| Citation: | M Haron / Scriptura 92: 200-217, 2006 |
| Abstract: | Southern Africa’s Muslim minorities have been growing at a steady pace through procreation, conversion and migration. These Muslim communities have rooted and embedded themselves onto the Southern African soil and have contributed in varied ways to the respective countries where they reside and live. Apart from South Africa’s well documented Muslim community, very little attention has been given by scholars to the Muslim communities in its neighbouring states. When one surveys the region, it becomes evident that nothing substantial have been written about the Muslims in Namibia, Swaziland and Lesotho except for a few popular journalistic articles, and that some attempts have been made by a few scholars to write about the Muslim communities in Zimbabwe, Mozambique and Botswana. This article will therefore try to look at the last mentioned country with specific focus on the Gaborone Muslim community. This article complements the academic studies that had been produced in 1989 and 1998/2000 respectively.
This article mainly focuses itself upon the contemporary developments that have taken place in Botswana’s capital city where most of the Muslims reside and work. It intends to pinpoint, describe and briefly analyse all the major role players and institutions that are around and that have contributed towards creating a unique Gaborone Muslim community. |
| URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/122 |
| ISSN: | 0254-1807 |
| Appears in Collections: | Research articles (Theology & Religious Studies)
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