"At a time when the militant Jihadist ideology has spread in many parts of Africa and the world, this book is both timely and important. By bringing Shaykh Moussa Kamara's unique critique of the destructive militant Islamic ideology to scholars and the public at large, Professor Lo has done an invaluable service to scholars, students of Africa, the public, and peace-loving Muslims and non-Muslims around the world."

"Shaykh Musa Kamara is the most prolific Muslim scholar of his generation. The depth and breath of his scholarship is unmatched, but his work remains largely inaccessible. Professor Lo has done a great service to the scholarly community by making available in the English language Kamara's powerful intervention in the fraught debate on Jihad in the Western Sudan in the 19th century. Lo was able to marshal his unusual language skills and vast knowledge of the history and sociology of Islam in Africa to shine light on the theological, historical, and empirical arguments that undergird Kamara's rejection of violence and his embrace of peace, patience and accommodation in the wake of French colonial conquest and rule of Senegal and Mauritania."