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Muslim Empowerment in Ghana
Analysing the Spectrum of Muslim Social Mobilization during the Internet Age
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This book is the first âgroundworkâ 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 scrutinises the varieties of their activities and operational spaces, their campaigns and target groups, alongside their local, regional, national and international connections. The second part analyses contemporary debates on infaq, sadaqa, waqf and zakat as well as Islamic banking and micro-finance schemes for promoting social welfare among Muslim communities in Ghana.
Holger Weiss, Ph.D. (1997), is Professor of general history at Ã
bo Akademi University and a specialist in global, Atlantic and African history. His most recent publications include A Global Radical Waterfront: The International Propaganda Committee of Transport Workers and the International of Seamen and Harbour Workers, 1921â1937 (Brill, 2021).
Preface
Acknowledgments
List of Tables, Graphs and Figures
1 Empowerment through NGOâ¯s
â1âMuslims in Ghana
â2âDefining CBOâ¯s, CSOâ¯s and Muslim NGOâ¯s
â3âEmpowerment and the NGO-isation of Philanthropy
â4âDetecting and Analysing the Spectrum of Muslim NGOâ¯s
2 A Changing Landscape of Muslim NGOâ¯s in Ghana
â1âMuslim Philanthropists: Outreach through Charities and Foundations
â2âGrassroots Associations, Movements and Representative Bodies
â3âThe Youth as a Dynamic Force
â4âInternational Muslim Charities Operating in Ghana
3 The Essence of Muslim Faith-Based Humanitarian Relief
â1âFeeding and Clothing the Poor during Ramadan and at Eid
â2âOrphans
â3âPrison Inmates
â4âAd Hoc Calls for Persons in Need
â5âPersons with Disabilities
â6âMobilising sadaqa in Support of Deprived Communities
â7âGenerating Donations from One Million Muslims via Social Media
â8âLocal Initiatives in Tamale and Wa
4 Initiating Community Development
â1âSONSETFUND and Scholarships for Muslim Students
â2âZero Gender-Based Violence
â3âPromoting Sustainable Development Goals and Interfaith Dialogue
â4âEstablishing Islamic Clinics and Hospitals
â5âThe Biodigester Toilet Project
â6âA Community Resource Centre, a Community Library and the Plastic4Education Project
â7âDeveloping Hohoe Zongo
â8âUrban Market Gardens
5 Zakat in Ghana: A Tool for Empowerment?
â1âHorizontal, Informal Philanthropy and the Traditional Discourse on Almsgiving
â2âTowards Vertical Philanthropy: The Instrumentalist Discourse
â3âThe Institutionalist Discourse
â4âLocal, Regional or a National zakat Fund?
6 Introducing Islamic Social Finance in Ghana: Prospects and Challenges
â1âEnvisioning a Dual Fiscal System for Ghana
â2âIslamic Investment and Microfinance
â3âWaqf and sadaqa jariya
7 Concluding Reflections
Appendix: Associations, Foundations, Social Movements and NGOâ¯s Listed in the 2022 Ghana Muslim NGO (GMNGO) Database (status: 5.12.2023; Σ 683)
Bibliography
Index
Acknowledgments
List of Tables, Graphs and Figures
1 Empowerment through NGOâ¯s
â1âMuslims in Ghana
â2âDefining CBOâ¯s, CSOâ¯s and Muslim NGOâ¯s
â3âEmpowerment and the NGO-isation of Philanthropy
â4âDetecting and Analysing the Spectrum of Muslim NGOâ¯s
2 A Changing Landscape of Muslim NGOâ¯s in Ghana
â1âMuslim Philanthropists: Outreach through Charities and Foundations
â2âGrassroots Associations, Movements and Representative Bodies
â3âThe Youth as a Dynamic Force
â4âInternational Muslim Charities Operating in Ghana
3 The Essence of Muslim Faith-Based Humanitarian Relief
â1âFeeding and Clothing the Poor during Ramadan and at Eid
â2âOrphans
â3âPrison Inmates
â4âAd Hoc Calls for Persons in Need
â5âPersons with Disabilities
â6âMobilising sadaqa in Support of Deprived Communities
â7âGenerating Donations from One Million Muslims via Social Media
â8âLocal Initiatives in Tamale and Wa
4 Initiating Community Development
â1âSONSETFUND and Scholarships for Muslim Students
â2âZero Gender-Based Violence
â3âPromoting Sustainable Development Goals and Interfaith Dialogue
â4âEstablishing Islamic Clinics and Hospitals
â5âThe Biodigester Toilet Project
â6âA Community Resource Centre, a Community Library and the Plastic4Education Project
â7âDeveloping Hohoe Zongo
â8âUrban Market Gardens
5 Zakat in Ghana: A Tool for Empowerment?
â1âHorizontal, Informal Philanthropy and the Traditional Discourse on Almsgiving
â2âTowards Vertical Philanthropy: The Instrumentalist Discourse
â3âThe Institutionalist Discourse
â4âLocal, Regional or a National zakat Fund?
6 Introducing Islamic Social Finance in Ghana: Prospects and Challenges
â1âEnvisioning a Dual Fiscal System for Ghana
â2âIslamic Investment and Microfinance
â3âWaqf and sadaqa jariya
7 Concluding Reflections
Appendix: Associations, Foundations, Social Movements and NGOâ¯s Listed in the 2022 Ghana Muslim NGO (GMNGO) Database (status: 5.12.2023; Σ 683)
Bibliography
Index
specialists, institutes, libraries, students and practitioners focusing on Muslim empowerment in contemporary Ghana and Muslim NGOs in sub-Saharan Africa.