# Leaders of National and Transnational Muslim NGOs in Burkina Faso: Diverse Forms and Experiences of Islamic Civic Engagement

- **Type:** Book chapter
- **Authors:** Kathéry Couillard, Frédérick Madore and Muriel Gomez-Perez
- **In:** Faith and Charity: Religion and Humanitarian Assistance in West Africa
- **Editors:** Marie Nathalie LeBlanc, Louis Audet Gosselin
- **Publisher:** Pluto Press
- **Place:** London
- **Date:** 2016
- **Pages:** 105-123
- **Language:** English
- **DOI:** [10.2307/j.ctt1gk0810.11](https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt1gk0810.11)
- **Countries:** Burkina Faso
- **Project:** [Youth and Women's Islamic Activism in Côte d'Ivoire and Burkina Faso](https://www.frederickmadore.com/research/youth-womens-islamic-activism-cote-divoire-burkina-faso.md)
- **Tags:** Burkina Faso, Muslim NGOs, Civic Engagement, Humanitarian Assistance, Islamic Leadership, Religious Entrepreneurship, Transnational Organisations, Islam, West Africa
- **Web page:** https://www.frederickmadore.com/publications/leaders-muslim-ngos-burkina-faso-2016

## Reference

Kathéry Couillard, Frédérick Madore and Muriel Gomez-Perez. (2016). “Leaders of National and Transnational Muslim NGOs in Burkina Faso: Diverse Forms and Experiences of Islamic Civic Engagement”. In Faith and Charity: Religion and Humanitarian Assistance in West Africa, ed. Marie Nathalie LeBlanc and Louis Audet Gosselin, 105-123. London: Pluto Press. https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt1gk0810.11

## Abstract

The chapter begins with an examination of how NGO leaders build their personal networks and put them to use. Not only have these individuals been able to attract significant financial support from certain Arab countries since the 1980s, they are also often seen as official representatives of Burkina Faso by the authorities in these donor countries, further underscoring their success as religious entrepreneurs. The second part of the chapter explores how NGO leaders have sought to fully participate in a moral economy by pursuing activities in various fields. As they have expanded their scope of action, they have actively and reactively engaged with the state. Indeed, as a form of civic engagement, these activities inevitably lead to interactions with the complex state regulations.

## Cited by

- Cheikh E. Abdoulaye Niang (2021). [Globalization and Missionary Ambition in West African Islam. The Fayda after Sheikh Ibrahim Niasse](https://doi.org/10.3390/rel12070515). *Religions 12, no. 7 (2021): 515.*.

## Links

- [Source](https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt1gk0810.11)

## BibTeX

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    title = {Leaders of National and Transnational Muslim NGOs in Burkina Faso: Diverse Forms and Experiences of Islamic Civic Engagement},
    author = {Kathéry Couillard and Frédérick Madore and Muriel Gomez-Perez},
    year = {2016},
    abstract = {The chapter begins with an examination of how NGO leaders build their personal networks and put them to use. Not only have these individuals been able to attract significant financial support from certain Arab countries since the 1980s, they are also often seen as official representatives of Burkina Faso by the authorities in these donor countries, further underscoring their success as religious entrepreneurs. The second part of the chapter explores how NGO leaders have sought to fully participate in a moral economy by pursuing activities in various fields. As they have expanded their scope of action, they have actively and reactively engaged with the state. Indeed, as a form of civic engagement, these activities inevitably lead to interactions with the complex state regulations.},
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    keywords = {Burkina Faso, Muslim NGOs, Civic Engagement, Humanitarian Assistance, Islamic Leadership, Religious Entrepreneurship, Transnational Organisations, Islam, West Africa}
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```