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3 3 2Islam i n World Cult u r e sthe Muslim Youth Movement, departs from that specific context to formulatea more general approach to the Qur’an, an approach informed by concernsfor social justice.Safi, Omid, ed. 2003. P ro g ressive Muslims on Justice, Gender, and Pluralism. O x-ford: Oneworld.This volume contains essays by Muslim scholars dealing with some of today’smost complex and pressing social issues. Included among them are contributionsfrom some of the writers referred to in Chapter 9 of this volume,such as Ebrahim Moosa and Farid Esack.Secondary StudiesC h i d e s t e r, D. 1992. Religions of South Africa. London: Routledge.This book is an excellent overview of religions in South Africa and of theparticular meaning of Islam in that context.Davids, A. 1980. The Mosques of Bo-Kaap: A Social History of Islam at the Cape.Cape Town: South Africa Institute of Arabic and Islamic Research.This richly detailed history of mosques in Cape Town chronicles the developmentof the Muslim community there in the contexts of slavery and colonialismin the nineteenth century.Davids, A., and Y. da Costa, eds. 1994. Pages from Cape Muslim History. P i e t e r-maritzburg, South Africa: Shuter and Shooter.This collection covers various aspects of more than 300 years of Muslim historyin the Cape. It includes several interesting articles on important foundingfigures of the community and on some of the distinctive cultural practicesassociated with traditional Muslim life in this part of South Africa.Tayob, A. I. 1995. Islamic Resurgence in South Africa: The Muslim Youth Movement.Cape Town: UCT Press.This work traces the history and development of modern approaches toIslam among young, activist Muslims in the Cape during the late twentiethc e n t u ry.———. 1999. Islam in South Africa: Mosques, Imams, and Serm o n s . G a i n e s v i l l e :University of South Florida Press.This work compares two different mosque traditions in South Africa, includinganalyses of their histories, politics, and respective interpretations ofIslam.