Islamic sufi networks in the western Indian Ocean (c. 1880-1940) : ripples of reform /

In the period c. 1880-1940, organized Sufism spread rapidly in the western Indian Ocean. New communities turned to Islam, and Muslim communities turned to new texts, practices and religious leaders. On the East African coast, the orders were both a vehicle for conversion to Islam and for reform of I...

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Main Author: Bang, Anne K.

Format: eBook

Language: English

Published: Boston : Brill, [2014]

Series: Islam in Africa 16.
Middle East and Islamic Studies E-Books Online, Collection 2014, ISBN: 9789004262485.

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Sufism > Africa, Southern > History.

Sufism > Madagascar > History.

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