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Muslims beyond the Arab World - Fallou Ngom

Muslims beyond the Arab World

The Odyssey of Ajami and the Muridiyya

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Buch | Hardcover
334 Seiten
2016
Oxford University Press Inc (Verlag)
978-0-19-027986-8 (ISBN)
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Muslims beyond the Arab World explores the tradition of writing African languages using the Arabic script 'Ajami and the rise of the Muridiyya order of Islamic Sufi in Senegal. The book demonstrates how the development of 'Ajami and the flourishing of the Muridiyya are entwined.
Muslims beyond the Arab World explores the tradition of writing African languages using the Arabic script 'Ajami and the rise of the Muridiyya order of Islamic Sufi in Senegal, founded by Shaykh Ahmadu Bamba Mbakke (1853-1927). The book demonstrates how the development of the 'Ajami literary tradition and the flourishing of the Muridiyya into one of sub-Saharan Africa's most powerful and dynamic Sufi organizations are entwined. It offers a close reading of the rich hagiographic and didactic written, recited, and chanted 'Ajami texts of the Muridiyya, works largely unknown to scholars. The texts describe the life and Sufi odyssey of the order's founder, his conflicts with local rulers and Muslim clerics and the French colonial administration, and the traditions and teachings he championed that shaped the identity and practices of his followers.

In analyzing these Murid 'Ajami texts, Fallou Ngom evaluates prevailing representations of the movement and offers alternative perspectives. He demonstrates how, without the knowledge of the French colonial administration, the Murids were able to use their written, recited, and chanted 'Ajami materials as an effective means of mass communication to convey the personal journey of Shaykh Ahamadu Bamba, his doctrine, the virtues he stood for and cultivated among his followers: self-reliance, strong faith, the pursuit of excellence, nonviolence, and optimism in the face of adversity. This, according to Muslims beyond the Arab World, is the source of the surprising resilience, appeal, and expansion of Muridiyya.

Fallou Ngom is Director of the African Studies Center at Boston University.

Acknowledgements
Abbreviations
Note on Sources
Chronology
About the Companion Website

Introduction

Chapter 1: Exceptionality and Equality
Chapter 2: Ethics over Ritual
Chapter 3: Odyssey by Sea: Sanctity of Suffering I
Chapter 4: Odyssey by Land: Sanctity of Suffering II
Chapter 5: Service for Salvation
Conclusion

Notes
Sources and Bibliography
Index

Erscheinungsdatum
Reihe/Serie AAR Religion, Culture, and History
Zusatzinfo 21 illus., 14 music ex.
Verlagsort New York
Sprache englisch
Maße 155 x 236 mm
Gewicht 612 g
Themenwelt Geisteswissenschaften Geschichte Regional- / Ländergeschichte
Geisteswissenschaften Religion / Theologie Islam
Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie Spezielle Soziologien
ISBN-10 0-19-027986-9 / 0190279869
ISBN-13 978-0-19-027986-8 / 9780190279868
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