| | Only a decade ago, most people in Southern Africa would have identified Islam as associated essentially with some obscure 'Indian' sect. But, since the early 1980s, in South Africa, there has been a significant development of self-assertive and militant anti-apartheid Islamic organisations. This briefing argues that heightened social tensions exacerbated by the intensification of the anti-apartheid struggle in South Africa has contributed to the militant activism of the Republic's Islamic revivalist organisations. |
