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- Numbers and Percentage of Muslims in African Countries
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- African Muslim Cultures and Languages
- Afro-Caribbean Diaspora
- Arab-African Relations
- Discrimination against Africans Attending Haj – Dr. Glen Segell
- Hopeful Signs of a More Positive Relationship Between the Arab World and Africa – Professor Hussein Solomon
- Overcoming the Legacy of Arab Slavery and Racism in Africa – Professor Hussein Solomon
- Rivalries in the Persian Gulf and Its Implications for Africa – Professor Hussein Solomon
- Slave Auctions in Libya and the Need to Restore Islamic Values – Professor Hussein Solomon
- Ask the Expert
- Book Reviews
- Climate Change and Conflict
- Climate Change and Conflict in the Middle East and North Africa – Dr. Moshe Terdiman
- Environmental Security: Climate Change and Conflict – The Case Study of Darfur – Dr. Moshe Terdiman
- The Deployment of Climate Change and Control over Natural Resources in Current Radical Islamic Theory and Practice – Dr. Moshe Terdiman
- Understanding Inter-Communal Conflict in the Sahel – Professor Hussein Solomon
- Collaborations and Partnerships
- Conferences and Events
- Corona Virus
- Egypt and Its Impact on Islam in Africa
- Environmental Issues
- Climate Change in Tunisia’s Constitution: A Model for African and Middle Eastern Countries – Dr. Moshe Terdiman
- Green Verses from the New Testament: Book 1: Series on Green Passages from Religious Texts – Dr. Moshe Terdiman
- Tensions on the Nile – Dr. Mahlakeng Khosi Mahlakeng
- Tensions on the Nile – Questioning Institutional partiality and Involvement – Dr. Mahlakeng Khosi Mahlakeng
- Tensions over the Nile: Egypt, Ethiopia and the United States – Dr. Mahlakeng Khosi Mahlakeng
- History of Islam in Africa
- ideology
- Iran in Africa
- Islam and Muslims in Ethiopia
- Ethiopia – Professor Jan Abbink
- Muslim Monasteries? Some Aspects of Religious Culture in Northern Ethiopia – Professor Jon Abbink
- Mythical Roots, Phantasmic Realities and Transnational Migrants: Yemenis Across the Gulf of Aden – Samson A. Bezabeh
- Religion in Public Spaces: Emerging Muslim–Christian Polemics in Ethiopia – Professor Jon Abbink
- Religious Freedom and the Political Order: The Ethiopian 'Secular State' and the Containment of Muslim Identity Politics – Professor Jon Abbink
- The Grandchildren of Abraha – Professor Haggai Erlich
- Transformations of Islam and Communal Relations in Wallo
- Islamic Banking
- Islamic Cultural Issues
- Israel and Africa
- Mahdism
- Memory of the Arab Slave Trade and Arab Racism
- Arab-African Ties: Severing History
- Black Lives Matter in the MENA Region Too! – Professor Hussein Solomon
- Oman's Air Route to East Africa: The Slave Empire Strikes Again? – Marian Douglas-Ungaro
- Remember the Days of Slavery? They Aren’t Over
- Slave Trade and Slavery Still Exist in Africa
- The Golden Age of Arab-African relations
- Muslim-Christian Relations
- Another Take on Muslim-Christian Violence in Africa – Professor Hussein Solomon
- Hope Quickly Gives Way to Despair in Africa – Professor Hussein Solomon
- Implications of the Muslim-Christian Education Gap in Africa – Professor Hussein Solomon
- Slaughtering of Animals: A Bone of Contention between Muslims and Christians in Tanzania – Dr. Moshe Terdiman
- Why Religious Conflict Will Intensify in Africa? – Professor Hussein Solomon
- Muslims in Predominant Christian South African Countries (not including South Africa)
- News
- North Africa
- Algeria: Between Democracy and Jihad – Professor Hussein Solomon
- Is Patriarchy on its way out of North Africa? – Professor Hussein Solomon
- Morocco Rejoins the African Union (AU) – Professor Hussein Solomon
- Reflecting on the Moderation of Tunisia’s Islamists – Professor Hussein Solomon
- Western Sahara Must Be Decolonized Now – Professor Luis Portillo Pasqual del Riquelme
- Our Staff
- Abdihakim Ali
- Bernard (Ben) Ugochukwu Nwosu
- Denise N. Baken, PhD
- Dr. Anneli Botha
- Dr. Arye Oded
- Dr. Glen Segell
- Dr. Haim Koren
- Dr. Moshe Terdiman
- Dr. Oyeniyi, Bukola Adeyemi
- Dr. Reuven Paz
- Dr. Samson A. Bezabeh
- Dr. Sheldon Gellar
- Dr. Timothy R. Furnish
- Ioannis Mantzikos
- Marco Arnaboldi
- Mouhamadou Kane
- Professor Haggai Erlich
- Professor Hussein Solomon
- Professor Katabaro Miti
- Waseem-Ahmed Bin-Kasim
- Political Islam
- An Interview of Professor Hussein Solomon on CEAPS on Political Islam in Africa
- An Islamic Caliphate in the Africa context – Dr. Glen Segell
- Political Islam: Trends, Trajectory, Future Prospects – Professor Hussein Solomon
- Sudan: A Case Study Demonstrating Why Islamists Cannot Govern – Professor Hussein Solomon
- What is Driving a Violent and Authoritarian Islam? – Professor Hussein Solomon
- Prose and Literature
- Recommended Books Related to Africa – Important to Read
- 1860-1925 (Routledge Indian Ocean Series) – Anne K. Bang
- Al-Shabaab in Somalia: The History and Ideology of a Militant Islamist Group – Stig Jarle Hansen
- Ethiopia
- Islam and Christianity in the Horn of Africa: Somalia
- Islam and Muslim Politics in Africa – B. Soares and R. Otayek
- Islam in Africa South of the Sahara: Essays in Gender Relations and Political Reform – Pade Badru and Brigid M. Sackey
- Islamic Sufi Networks in the Western Indian Ocean (C.1880-1940): Ripples of Reform – Anne K. Bang
- Muslim Societies in African History (New Approaches to African History) – David Robinson
- Practicing Sufism: Sufi Politics and Performance in Africa (Routledge Sufi Series) – Abdelmajid Hannoum
- Subjects of Empires/Citizens of States: Yemenis in Djibouti and Ethiopia – Samson A. Bezabeh
- Sudan – Haggai Erlich
- Sufis and Scholars of the Sea: Family Networks in East Africa 1860-1925 (Routledge Indian Ocean Series) – Anne K. Bang
- The Call of Bilal: Islam in the African Diaspora (Islamic Civilization and Muslim Networks) – Edward E. Curtis IV
- The First Sultan of Zanzibar: Scrambling for Power and Trade in the Nineteenth Century Indian Ocean – Beatrice Nicolini
- The History of Islam in Africa – Nehemia Levtzion and Randall L. Pouwels
- The Legacy of Arab-Islam In Africa: A Quest for Inter-religious Dialogue – John Alembillah Azumah
- Religion in Africa
- Religious Demography
- Research Projects
- Arab-African Relations
- Climate Change and Conflict – Dr. Moshe Terdiman
- Comparative Study of Boko Haram (Nigeria), Ansar dine (Mali), and Al Shabab (Somalia) – Professor Hussein Solomon
- Islam in Predominant Christian Countries
- List of Current Research Projects and Analysis
- Muslim-Christian Relations
- Radical Islam and Terrorism in Africa
- Study of the Muslim Afro-Caribbean Diaspora – Dr. Moshe Terdiman
- Sufism and Sufi Orders in Africa
- The Ahmadiyyah in Africa
- The Arab Spring and Its Impact on Africa
- The Somali Civil War and Its Effects on the Horn of Africa and East Africa
- RIMA in the News
- Al-Qaeda: Alive and Well in South Africa – Daily Maverick
- Al-Qaida’s inroads in Africa – Haaretz
- An Interview of Professor Hussein Solomon On Radio France International on the Funding of Terrorists
- An Interview of Professor Hussein Solomon to Radio Chai FM on the Rise of Islamist Terrorism
- An Interview of Professor Hussein Solomon to the Program on the Edge with Steve Marqs on Radio Telhai
- Aqim vs Francia in Mali e non solo – AGC Communication
- Ask the Expert: Dr. Hussein Solomon on Radical Islamism in Africa – Africa Center for Strategic Studies
- Boko Haram: beyond the Rhetoric – Australian Broadcasting Corporation
- Can Boko Haram be stopped? – Shepard Smith's Fox News Channel
- Exporting Global Jihad Volume One: Critical Perspectives from Africa and Europe
- France's Macron returns to Mali to boost regional anti-terrorism force – France 24
- Islam. Boko Haram. Terrorism. Prof Hussein Solomon offers insight – University of the Free State
- Kenyan intelligence agency had advanced warning al Qaeda-linked group was planning attack – The Washington Times
- News Archive: Prof Hussein Solomon – an expert voice on Islam in Africa
- Theo Neethling and Heidi Hudson’s Post-conflict Reconstruction and Development in Africa Launched – UCT Press
- Trends, Trajectories and Prospects of Political Islam: An African Perspective – By Professor Hussein Solomon
- Shia-Sunni relations
- Somali Civil War
- Al Shabaab 2.0 – Professor Hussein Solomon
- Al Shabaab: Between Ideology and Criminality – Professor Hussein Solomon
- Al-Shabaab 2.0: Reorganisation and Rebranding Make Terrorist Group A Force to be Reckoned with Again – Abdihakim Ainte
- Between Clan and Faith in Somalia – Professor Hussein Solomon
- Can Britain Fix Somalia? – Abdihakim Aynte
- Death of a Somali Jihadi – Professor Hussein Solomon
- Endgame for Aweys; but Al-Shabaab will Continue – Abdihakim Ainte
- Misreading the War Against Al-Shabaab – Abdihakim Ainte
- Somalia: Government Must Downsize Its Vision over Democracy Project and Vision 2016 – Abdihakim Ainte
- The Cost of Ignoring the Kismayo Crisis – Abdihakim Ainte
- The Post-9/11 Strategic Challenge of Somalia’s al Shabab – Ruan van der Walt and Hussein Solomon
- Turkey's Increasing Role in Somalia: An Emerging Donor? – Abdihakim Aynte
- Somalia
- Sources in Arabic
- Sufis
- Sufis vs. Salafis
- Tablighi Jama'at
- Terrorism and Radical Islam in Africa
- A Muslim Trying to Make Sense of the Allure of Islamic State – Professor Hussein Solomon
- Africa’s Migration Challenge: An Interview with Hussein Solomon – Africa Center for Strategic Studies
- Africa’s Weakness Will Ensure that Terrorism Will Escalate – Professor Hussein Solomon
- Al Shabaab and Islamic State – Professor Hussein Solomon
- An AK-47 Illustration of Africans – Dr. Glen Segell
- An Interview of Professor Hussein Solomon on Radio France International on South African Girl Recruited by ISIS
- An Interview With Professor Abel Esterhuyse on the Interface between Terrorism and Armed Force on the African Continent
- Another Angle to the Terrorist Attack on DusitD2 in Nairobi – Dr. Anneli Botha
- As Africa Faces More Terrorism, Experts Point to Saudi-spread of Fundamentalist Islam – Voice of America
- “African Solutions for African Problems” and Sahel-West African Terrorism – Professor Hussein Solomon
- “Can we ever actually prevent terrorism?” – Dr. Anneli Botha
- Boko Haram and ISIS: The Same Coin? – Ioannis Mantzikos
- Boko Haram Isn't the Only Muslim Group Painting Its Banners Black – Dr. Timothy R. Furnish
- Boko Haram, Identity and the Limits of Counter-Terrorism – Professor Hussein Solomon
- Boko Haram: Separating Fact from Fiction – Professor Hussein Solomon
- Boko Haram: What is to be Done? – Professor Hussein Solomon
- Boko Haram’s New Threat Dimension – Mouhamadou Kane
- Boko Haram’s Threat Is Growing – Ioannis Mantzikos
- Coming to Grips with Islamist Radicalization in South Africa – Professor Hussein Solomon
- COVID-19 and the Jihadi in Africa – Dr. Glen Segell
- Dispelling the myth of Islamic Militancy in Africa and combating it – Dr. Glen Segell
- Do African Lives Matter for African Leaders? – Professor Hussein Solomon
- Dog Bites Man Vs Man Bites Dog: How The World Misses Africa's Deadliest Terror Attacks – Alta Vermeulen
- Economic Circumstances and Radicalisation in Kenya and Nigeria – Dr. Anneli Botha
- Expanding the Jihad: ISIS in Africa – Professor Hussein Solomon
- Exploring the Roots of Extremism in Africa – Professor Hussein Solomon
- Failed Counter-Terrorism Initiatives Linked to Myth of Security Sector Reform in Africa – Professor Hussein Solomon
- Five Lessons Learned from Ejecting Islamists in Mali – Professor Hussein Solomon
- Five Steps to Improve African Counter-Terror Initiatives – Professor Hussein Solomon
- Getting Counter-Terrorism Wrong in Kenya – Professor Hussein Solomon
- Glocalization of Terrorism in West Africa – Dr. Oyeniyi Bukola Adeyemi
- Gold is the New Oxygen for the Sahel’s Jihadists – Professor Hussein Solomon
- How Illiberal African Regimes Instrumentalize the ‘Global War on Terror’ – Matteo Mirolo
- How Vulnerable is South Africa to the Threat of Terrorism? – Professor Hussein Solomon
- In the Aftermath of the Nairobi Nightmare – Professor Hussein Solomon
- Intelligence and its failures in preventing and combating terrorism – Dr. Anneli Botha
- ISIS in Africa: The Danger of Political Correctness – Professor Hussein Solomon
- ISIS in Libya: Critical Reflections – Professor Hussein Solomon
- Islamic Extremism in Kenya – Dr. Arye Oded
- Islamic State Activity in South Africa: A Critical Analysis of what is currently Known – Dr. Barend Prinsloo
- Islamic State flexes its’ muscles in Egypt: A counterattack on #Sinai2018 – Sanet Madonsela
- Islamism on the Rise in Africa – Professor Hussein Solomon
- Islamism on the Rise: Where the Hell is the African Union? – Professor Hussein Solomon
- Mali: A More Optimistic View – Professor Hussein Solomon
- Mali: Elections Amidst the Chaos – Professor Hussein Solomon
- More than Counter Terrorism Insurance in Africa – Dr. Glen Segell
- Niger and the Need to Review Washington’s Pan-Sahel Policy – Randy Cheek
- Nigeria Pulls Out of MINUSMA: Protest or Prioritisation of Domestic Security? – Mouhamadou Kane
- Nigeria's Fight against Boko Haram: How Can France Help? – David Zounmenou and Mouhamadou Kane
- Nigeria’s Boko Haram: Beyond the rhetoric – Professor Hussein Solomon
- OUTBREAK OF RELIGIOUS EXTREMISM IN MOZAMBIQUE: FACT OR FICTION? – Dr. Barend Prinsloo
- Peace and Security in the Sahel as Elusive as Ever – Professor Hussein Solomon
- Politicians versus Practitioners: Who is really responsible for human rights abuses in the aftermath of terrorism-incidents – Dr Anneli Botha
- Practical implications in the attempt to prevent and counter radicalisation in Africa – Dr. Anneli Botha
- Quo Vadis* Sudan? Between the Horn of Africa and “The Arab Shaking” Fabric – Dr. Haim Koren
- Rehabilitation and Reintegration of former al-Shabaab fighters in Somalia – Dr. Anneli Botha
- Reinvigorating the Fight Against Boko Haram – Professor Hussein Solomon
- Responding to Mali’s Islamists: Why simplistic counter-terrorism and deradicalization measures will not work – Professor Hussein Solomon
- Resurgent Boko Haram – Professor Hussein Solomon
- Somalia’s Al Shabaab: Evolving Tactics – Professor Hussein Solomon
- South Africa and the Islamic State – Professor Hussein Solomon
- South Africa Becoming Terrorist Haven – Professor Hussein Solomon
- Strategic Inertia: A perspective on the Niger Raid
- Taking Schoolgirls into Slavery, Sign of Boko Haram's Profound Ignorance of Islam
- Terrorism Tops African Summit Agenda: Lip service or strategic move? – Trayo A. Ali
- Terrorist Threat Set to Escalate in Africa – Professor Hussein Solomon
- The Al Shabaab Bombing in Mogadishu – Radio France Internationale
- The Case for Senegalese Exceptionalism? – Professor Hussein Solomon
- The Challenges Confronting AMISOM – Professor Hussein Solomon
- The Failure of Counter-Terrorism Initiatives in Africa – Professor Hussein Solomon
- The Intersection of Economics and Religious Fundamentalism – Professor Hussein Solomon
- The Islamic State in the Democratic Republic of the Congo: what does it mean? – Dr. Barend Prinsloo
- The Problem with Moderate Islam in Africa
- The Problem with the Study of Extremism/Radicalization in Africa – Professor Hussein Solomon
- The Role of Nigeria's ‘Boko Haram’ in Informing Politics and Security at the Local and Regional Levels – Professor Yehudit Ronen
- The Scramble between France, AQIM and Other Regional Terrorist Groups: It’s All about Sibling Rivalry – Alta Grobbelaar
- The Terrorist Threat in Northern Mozambique – Tertius M Jacobs
- The UK Stance on Boko Haram – Ioannis Mantzikos
- The war against Al Shabaab is being lost – Professor Hussein Solomon
- Three Recommendations in the Aftermath of the Tunisian Terrorist Attack – Professor Hussein Solomon
- Time to Crack Down on the Ideological Drivers of Islamist Terrorism in Africa – Professor Hussein Solomon
- Understanding Boko Haram: Terrorism and Insurgency in Africa – Edited by James J. Hentz, Hussein Solomon
- US airstrikes against the Islamic State in Somalia – Dr. Barend Prinsloo
- What Hezbollah’s African Operations Teach Us About Counter-Terrorism – Professor Hussein Solomon
- Why We're Only Now Paying Attention to Boko Haram Is a Disgrace – Dr. Timothy R. Furnish
- Why Western Efforts at Counter-Terrorism in Africa are Failing? – Professor Hussein Solomon
- Will Emergency Rule Curb Boko Haram Violence? – Dr. Oyeniyi Bukola Adeyemi
- The Arab Spring
- Another Gaddafi for Libya? – Professor Hussein Solomon
- Better the Devil You Once Knew than the One You Now Do? Egyptian and Israeli Security Post-Arab Spring – Eben Coetzee
- Challenges confronting Sudan in a post-Bashir era – Professor Hussein Solomon
- De-Islamizing Politics and Society in the MENA Region – Azizur Rahman Patel
- Does "Religion" Deserve to be Privileged in Relation to the "Secular"? – Azizur Rahman Patel
- Egypt: Between Hope and Reality – Professor Hussein Solomon
- Examining the state of affairs: Egypt’s #Ten Year Challenge – Sanet Madonsela
- Federalism and the Future of Western Sahara – Professor Hussein Solomon
- Is Islamism on Trial in Post-Arab Spring Egypt? – Azizur Rahman Patel
- Managing Morocco’s Islamists – Professor Hussein Solomon
- North Africa in the Japanese Media: Coverage of the Arab Spring in the Asahi Shimbun – Virgil Hawkins and Miho Takenaka
- Post-Gaddafi Libya – a ‘Not-So-Easy’ Road to Democracy – Alta Grobbelaar
- Reflections On A Post-Morsi Egypt – Azizur Rahman Patel
- Sudanese Intifada 2.0 – Professor Hussein Solomon
- The Aftermath of the Arab Uprisings: Why is the MENA Region Still Resistant to Democracy? – Azizur Rahman Patel
- The Arab Spring Exposed – Dr. Glen Segell
- What to do about Libya? – Professor Hussein Solomon
- The Gambia
- The Islamic Republic of Mauritania and Israel – Dr. Arye Oded
- Turkey – Africa Relations
- Turkey in Africa
- Uncategorized
- How Illiberal African Regimes Instrumentalize the ‘Global War on Terror’ – Jonas Rendu
- Islamism, Crisis and Democratization: Implications of the World Values Survey for the Muslim World (Perspectives on Development in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) Region) – Hussein Solomon and
- The South African Black Muslim Conference 2019: Prospects and Problems – Mawlana Dr. MAE (Ashraf) Dockrat
Research on Islam and Muslims in Africa 
This is an opportunity to look at factors and variables which contribute to and are affected by Post Conflict problems and unrest. A step in the right direction certainly. I would like to join the group.
Heather Boyle
I would like to join the group as well. We have to do more than discuss this matter, we have to alert the world in particular Africa which is under major jihad at present. Please contact me.
Has anyone done research on the name Coridon of the Cape in South Africa. Please help as I am a descendant and amdesperatly trying to uncover the origins of the name
I would like t join the discussion