A Note on Islamic Transnational Organisations

S ince the 1960s, Islamic transnational organisations have been active in Muslim societies in sub-Saharan Africa, providing charity, education, health services and disaster relief. In many ways, these Islamic organisations have provided career perspectives and employment for Muslims who have gone through an Arabophone education in Senegal, Nigeria or Tanzania and a higher Arabophone education at al-Azhar University in Cairo or at the Islamic University of Madinah. In addition, such organisations have funded many Islamic development projects, as well as mosques and Islamic propagation centres. Instead of presenting these organisations again and again in each chapter, I will briefly introduce here the most important players and provide some preliminary orientation: