AcknowledgementsMap of eastern Africa Introduction Farouk Topan, with Kai Kresse, Erin E. Stiles and Hassan Mwakimako PART I: POLITICS 1. An Islamic Interpretive Strategy for Exploring Grassroots Governance in Northern Kenya Mark LeVine 2. The Kenyan State and Coastal Muslims: The Politics of Alienation and Engagement Jeremy Prestholdt 3. Counter-Narrativity as Peace, Love and Unity: Citizenship and Belonging in a Kenyan Muslim Counter-Radicalisation Programme Halkano Abdi Wario 4. Beyond Vicious Circles in the Kenyan Post-colony? On the Value of Discursive Space in Muslim Politics Kai Kresse 5. Islam, Politics and the Limits of Authority in Mainland Tanzania, 1955-1968 James R. Brennan 6.

Politics, Lived Islam and Muslim Public Discourse in Zanzibar: Reflections on Cultural Identity, Belonging and Governance, 1984-2016 Kjersti Larsen 7. The Inter-religious Dynamics of Muslim Politics: The Zanzibar Case Hans Olsson PART II: INSTITUTIONS 8. The Supreme Council of Kenya Muslims (SUPKEM): Jostling for Representativeness among Muslims in Kenya Hassan Mwakimako 9. Muslim Networks, Public Services and Development Intervention in Post-Socialist Tanzania: Between Liberalisation and Alienation Felicitas Becker 10. Shehes and the State: The Role of Muslim Religious Leaders in Public Health Governance in Rural Tanzania Mohamed Yunus Rafiq 11. Facing Change at the Margins of the Kenyan Nation: The Promise of the Lamu Port Charlotte Knote PART III: LAW 12. Beyond an Impasse: Rule of Law and the Kenyan Kadhis' Courts Susan F. Hirsch 13.

The Law of Evidence Applicable in the Kadhis' Courts of Kenya: A Study of Two Decisions by Kadhi Abduljabar, Kadhis' Court Nairobi at Upper Hill Tito Kunyuk 14. Courts within Courts: Kadhis and their Courts in the Kenyan Judicial System Abdulkadir Hashim 15. The Case of the Stubborn Heir: State and Non-State Actors in Zanzibar's Kadhis' Courts Erin E. Stiles About the ContributorsIndex.