America and the production of Islamic truth in Uganda / Yahya Sseremba.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

"This book investigates American intervention in Islamic education in Uganda during the era of the war on terror. During this period, Muslim education moved from relative autonomy to direct state control and civil society scrutiny. During the colonial period, Muslims in Uganda were treated as lesser citizens within the Christian-dominated civil sphere. A local system of Islamic education developed with a degree of autonomy that reflected the limits of the colonial state in shaping the Muslim subject. In the subsequent postcolonial period, systems of patronage and clientalistic networks dominated, and Muslim leaders were co-opted by the state, but without much real interference in the day to day lives of Ugandan Muslims.