The Expansion of the Influence of Political Islam in South Africa, as Exemplified by the Activities of Transnational Organizations
- Authors: Samoilova E.E.1
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Affiliations:
- Institute of Oriental Studies of the RAS
- Issue: Vol 27, No 4 (2025): Politics in Africa and Africa in Politics
- Pages: 867-880
- Section: СOUNTRY-SPECIFIC CASE STUDIES
- URL: https://journals.rcsi.science/2313-1438/article/view/365386
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.22363/2313-1438-2025-27-4-867-880
- EDN: https://elibrary.ru/FVAWMW
- ID: 365386
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This research provides a political science analysis of the mechanisms and channels of influence of transnational movements within the ideological spectrum of political Islam on political processes in host countries. Using the case of South Africa, the adaptation of global Islamist ideas to the conditions of a secular democratic state with an ethno-confessional minority is explored. The research methodology includes a comparative analysis of sources, critical discourse analysis, and an examination of the activities of non-governmental organizations. The scientific novelty of the work lies in its comprehensive examination of the South African case through the prism of theoretical concepts of political Islam and the introduction of relevant and modern data, as well as local expert assessments, into scholarly discourse. It is concluded that in South Africa, socio-political and human rights forms of activism, integrated into the country’s legal framework, rather than revolutionary ones, predominate.
About the authors
Elena E. Samoilova
Institute of Oriental Studies of the RAS
Author for correspondence.
Email: helenaxsam@gmail.com
ORCID iD: 0009-0005-4780-1440
Junior Research Fellow, Center for Anthropology of Islamic Cultures, Department of Anthropology of the East, the Institute of Oriental Studies
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