The Cross Versus The Crescent (Record no. 3175)

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020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
International Standard Book Number 9987686621
082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER
Classification number 322/.1/09678MBO
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Personal name Mbogoni, Lawrence E.Y.
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Title The Cross Versus The Crescent
Remainder of title religion and politics in Tanzania from 1880s to the 1990s
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Place of publication, distribution, etc. Dar es Salaam
Name of publisher, distributor, etc. Mkuki na Nyota
Date of publication, distribution, etc. 2004
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Extent ix,223p.
500 ## - GENERAL NOTE
General note Includes bibliography
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Summary, etc. When Tanzanian President the late Julius Nyerere abolished schools for religious and racial communities, and government support for the Muslim Council of Tanzania it was seen as a political maneuver designed to weaken specific communities in Tanzania while maintaining a political and economic status quo that was predominantly Christian in outlook. The emergence on both sides of a militant 'fundamentalism' in the 90s inspired public rallies, one of which on February 13th 1998 has come to be known as the Mwembechai Riots - two people were shot dead and there was considerable destruction of private and public property. A Tanzanian Muslim Dr. Hamza Njozi suggested in his book, Mwembechai Killings, that the killings were "a culmination of a long historical conspiracy between the Church and the Government: a twin alliance whose objective has always been to marginalize and oppress Muslims". The author of this timely book explains the rational behind The Cross versus the Crescent. 'It was partly because I was dissatisfied with Dr. Ngozi's limited historical context of the crisis that I embarked on my own research. In doing so I was guided by the hope that a broader historical context might help a better understanding of current relations between the two faiths in Tanzania'. The study is a serious work providing pertinent insights into the spread of Islam and Christianity in Tanzania.
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Topical term or geographic name entry element Religion
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