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

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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Call Number: BP188.8.A356 B36 2014

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Table of Contents:
  • Preliminary Material
  • 1 Introduction
  • 2 The Luminescent Sun and Brilliant Rays of Light: Towards a Geography of Reform
  • 3 The Branches of the Qādiriyya and the Shādhiliyya in Northern Mozambique: Silsilas to the South
  • 4 The Shādhiliyya in Northern Madagascar c. 1890-1940: The Planting of a Garden and the Growing of Malagasy Roots
  • 5 The Cape Town Muslim Community and East African Sufi Networks: Beyond the Monsoon
  • Travelling Texts: Arabic Literate Learning in Coastal East Africa, c. 1860-1930
  • 7 Ritual of Reform - Reform of a Ritual: Rātib al-Ḥaddād in the Southwestern Indian Ocean, c. 1880-1940
  • 8 Consolidating the Network: Waqf Distribution and New Organizations in Zanzibar, c. 1900-1930
  • 9 Conclusions
  • Appendix 1
  • Sources and Bibliography
  • Index.