Is Ibadism Dying? - Contemporary Ibadi Identity in Oman and Zanzibar
Øyvind Åsland
PhD Candidate
Project period
January 2025 – December 2028
Supervisors
- Professor Tomas Sundnes Drønen, VID vitenskapelige høgskole
- Associate Professor Frank-Ole Thoresen, Fjellhaug International University College
About the project
Ibadi Islam is a third branch of Islam (alongside Sunni and Shi’a), accounting for less than 1% of the world’s Muslim population. Most of its followers are in Oman. This is an empirical study of contemporary Ibadi identity in Oman and Zanzibar, focusing on the Swahili-speaking Ibadis in Oman and the remaining Ibadis of Omani origin in Zanzibar. The study will apply Lived Religion to understand how “normal people” practice and interpret their religious tradition.
Background
MTh from Africa International University, Nairobi, Kenya