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Thinking Islam from Africa: The Doctrine of Chérif O. Madani Haïdara
Long overlooked by Islamic studies, Islam south of the Sahara is nonetheless a place where Islamic doctrines are being reformulated. Contrary to the caricature inherited from Orientalist scholarship and to the prejudices of some Arab Muslim authors, the Islam of sub-Saharan Africa offers texts, figures and religious doctrines that engage fully with the most topical questions: the interpretation of the Qur’an, Islam and violence, the place of Muhammad and his family in Muslim spirituality, the place of women, the relationship between theology and politics, otherness… All these questions run through the thought of the Malian preacher Chérif Ousmane Madani Haïdara, a major figure of West African Islam today. This book sheds new light on current debates within Islam.
An Islamic studies scholar, Youssouf Sangaré is Associate Professor (maître de conférences) at the Institut national des langues et civilisations orientales (Inalco, Paris). The book has a foreword by Souleymane Bachir Diagne, professor of philosophy and French and Francophone studies at Columbia University (New York).
Youssouf Sangaré presents this research on 30 October 2026 in the Timbuktu Talks series of the University of Illinois and Northwestern University (see the announcement).
Read the review by Seydi Diamil Niane (Institut fondamental d’Afrique noire) in the Revue d’histoire contemporaine de l’Afrique, no. 8 (2025), in French.
Grand oublié des études islamologiques, l’islam au sud du Sahara n’en reste pas moins un lieu où se reformulent les doctrines islamiques. À rebours de la caricature héritée de travaux orientalistes ou des préjugés de certains auteurs arabo-musulmans, l’islam de l’Afrique subsaharienne offre des textes, des figures et des doctrines religieuses qui s’inscrivent pleinement dans les questions les plus actuelles : l’interprétation du Coran, islam et violence, la place de Muhammad et de sa famille dans la spiritualité musulmane, celle des femmes, le rapport entre théologie et politique, l’altérité… Autant de questions présentes chez le prédicateur malien Chérif Ousmane Madani Haïdara, figure majeure de l’islam ouest-africain d’aujourd’hui. Voici un nouvel éclairage sur les débats actuels au sein de l’islam.
Islamologue, Youssouf Sangaré est maître de conférences à l’Institut national des langues et civilisations orientales (Inalco, Paris). L’ouvrage est préfacé par Souleymane Bachir Diagne, professeur de philosophie et d’études francophones à l’Université Columbia (New York).
Youssouf Sangaré présente ces recherches le 30 octobre 2026 aux « Timbuktu Talks » de l’Université de l’Illinois et de l’Université Northwestern (voir l’annonce).
Lire le compte rendu de Seydi Diamil Niane (Institut fondamental d’Afrique noire) dans la Revue d’histoire contemporaine de l’Afrique, n° 8 (2025).
ظلّ الإسلام جنوب الصحراء طويلاً من أكثر المجالات إهمالاً في الدراسات الإسلامية، غير أنّه يبقى فضاءً تُعاد فيه صياغة العقائد الإسلامية. وخلافاً للصورة النمطية الموروثة عن الأعمال الاستشراقية، وللأحكام المسبقة لدى بعض المؤلفين العرب المسلمين، يقدّم إسلام أفريقيا جنوب الصحراء نصوصاً وشخصيات وعقائد دينية تنخرط تماماً في أكثر القضايا راهنيةً: تفسير القرآن، والإسلام والعنف، ومكانة النبي محمد وآل بيته في الروحانية الإسلامية، ومكانة المرأة، والعلاقة بين اللاهوت والسياسة، والغيرية… وكلّها قضايا حاضرة لدى الداعية المالي الشريف عثمان مدني حيدرة، أحد أبرز وجوه الإسلام في غرب أفريقيا اليوم. ويسلّط الكتاب بذلك ضوءاً جديداً على النقاشات الراهنة داخل الإسلام.
ويوسف سنغري باحث في الإسلاميات وأستاذ محاضر في المعهد الوطني للغات والحضارات الشرقية (إينالكو) في باريس. وقدّم للكتاب سليمان بشير ديان، أستاذ الفلسفة والدراسات الفرنكوفونية في جامعة كولومبيا في نيويورك.
ويعرض يوسف سنغري هذه الأبحاث يومَ 30 أكتوبر/تشرين الأول 2026 ضمن «محاضرات تمبكتو» التي تنظّمها جامعة إلينوي وجامعة نورثوسترن (انظر الإعلان).
انظر مراجعة سيدي جميل نيان (المعهد الأساسي لأفريقيا السوداء) في «مجلة التاريخ المعاصر لأفريقيا»، العدد 8 (2025)، بالفرنسية.
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