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abortion, 120 activists, Muslim, xii, 2, 12, 25, 236; Arabic literacy and education of, 34–35, 235; communion with God and, 5; critics of, 6, 106, 163; different categories of, 7; economic conditions and, 129, 133, 173; education and, 123; female, 100, 134, 208; infrastructure, 106; Islamic moral order and, 20; learning activities of, 116; male, 3, 100, 208; media technologies and, 15; political community and, 190; public prayer and, 155; public prominence of, 236; religious parties as goal, 11; rural influence of, 104; state politics and, 108, 179, 232; “third space” and, 35; as threat to secular politics, 100; traditional religious specialists and, 109, 250n11; women as measure of political society and, 159 adab (cultivation, manners), 29 ADEMA (Alliance pour la Démocratie au Mali), xii, 34, 103, 245n40 adolescents, 37, 70, 99, 122, 158 Adorno, Theodor, 18, 19, 75, 77, 88 advertisements, television, 77–78 Africa, 10, 25, 233; connection to Arabic-speaking Muslim world, 11; economic liberalization in, 14; institutionalization of Islam in, 110; media engagements in, 75, 84, 87; Muslim renewal in, 6; patriarchal authority in retreat, 13; sermons in moral education, 187; state-society relations in, 135. See also North Africa; West Africa agency, 7, 72, 93, 219, 230 AIDS (Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome), 38 Al-Azharis, 30, 138, 142, 157, 243n22 alms, 132, 141, 177, 250n24, 251n34 Amoureusement vôtre (telenovela), 83, 248n9 AMUPI (Association Malienne pour l’Unité et le Progrès de l’Islam), 2, 45, 174, 237n5; charity in Islamic tradition invoked by, 249n2; creation of, 33, 244n29; critics of, 39, 40; draft law debate and, 41–43; exclusionary practices of, 190; Fulbe squatters defended by, 103–104; Haidara opposed by, 178; intégristes and, 35, 44; Radio Islamique and, 177; Touré regime and, 244n32 Anderson, Benedict, 74, 89, 90, 247n2 Ang, Ien, 83 animism, 28 Ansar Dine, xii, 22, 216, 249n5; draft law debate and, 104; dress style of followers , 16, 253n22; Haidara and, 141, 178, 220–221, 223, 224, 227; intraMuslim debate and, 174; Islamic education and, 120; male followers, 222, 253n22; paraphernalia of, 172; Sissoko and, 187; television serials viewed by members of, 82; women’s group, 105, 117, 197 Appadurai, Arjun, 80 Appleby, R. Scott, 129 Arabic language, 2, 8; Africa’s connection to Muslim world and, 11; fluency in, 147; Haidara’s use of, 190, 191; medersa schools, 103, 104–105; sermon tapes in, 213 Arabic language literacy, xiii, 30, 34, 150, 169, 235; as credential, 104; in Ivory Coast, 122; as marker of inclusion and exclusion, 213; memorization of INDEX Page numbers in italics refer to illustrations. 292 n INDEX suras and, 120, 141; Muslim elite consciousness and, 138; Muslim women’s groups and, 5, 110, 115–116, 118, 142; of religious brokers, 250n13; sermon listening and, 213, 214; as source of interpretive authority, 191; spread of, 122–123 Arabic-speaking world, 111, 146; commercial ties to, 179; exchange with, 27; fashion accessories imported from, 165; financial support from, 13, 236; institutions of higher learning in, 33, 138; intellectual trends in, 109, 122; Malian women in, 150; Mali’s history of engagement with, 46; Muslim activists of Mali and, 34–35; radio preachers and, 176; reactionary influences from, 24; Salafiyya reformist discourse in, 29; trade connections to, 114, 180 Asad, Talal, 130, 256n2 Association of the Servants of God (Association Serviteurs d’Allah), 106 audiences, 15, 16, 240n35; diversity of responses from, 79; media theory and, 85; “strong model” of activity by, 84 audio cassettes, xii, xiii, 2, 77; Haidara’s sermons on, 175; interpretive communities and, 226; sermons delivered on, 181 audio-recording technologies, 196–197, 198, 199, 201, 221, 228; charisma and, 224; common experience and, 216–217; spiritual experience facilitated by, 220 authenticity, cultural, 46, 89, 156, 218, 230; law reform and, 43, 45; policing of women and, 137 Bamako, city of, x, 111, 133, 237n1 (chap 1); Badialan neighborhood, 62, 98, 126, 131, 136, 142, 161, 252n7; in colonial period, 28; Grand Mosque, 157, 187, 197; Hamdalaye neighborhood, 98, 222; history of Islamic renewal in, xi; Lafiabougou neighborhood, 98; lifestyle of television serials and, 82; low-income neighborhoods, 62, 64–65; on map, xvi; middleclass neighborhoods, 13, 206, 222; migrants in, 48, 246nn6,7; Missira neighborhood, 147, 153, 157, 228, 252n7, 255n9; Muslim women’s groups in, xiii, 189, 196, 209, 228; promise of easier life in, 50; public visibility of Islam in, 2; Radio Islamique, 39; radio stations, 177, 178; rural-urban migration in, 49; television reception in, 76 Bamana...