For Love of the Prophet: An Ethnography of Sudan's Islamic State

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For some, the idea of an Islamic state serves to fulfill aspirations for cultural sovereignty and new forms of ethical political practice. For others, it violates the proper domains of both religion and politics. Yet, while there has been much discussion of the idea and ideals of the Islamic state, its possibilities and impossibilities, surprisingl

Noah Salomon is assistant professor of religion at Carleton College.

"[An] absorbing and important new book."--Jack David Eller, Anthropology Review Database