Sufism and Islamic reform in Egypt : the battle for Islamic tradition

Sufism and Islamic reform in Egypt : the battle for Islamic tradition / Julian Johansen.

One of the most important tendencies in the Islamic world, Sufism has had a long and active history. Yet it has been no stranger to controversy. This has been particularly pronounced in modern times, as radical Islamic groups and modernist reformers have sought to identify Sufism as a source of eith...

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Main Author: Johansen, Julian
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford : New York : Clarendon Press ; Oxford University Press, 1996.
Series:Oxford Oriental monographs (Unnumbered)
Subjects:
ʻAshīrah al-Muḥammadīyah (Egypt)
ʻAshīrah al-Muḥammadīyah > Egypte.
Shādhilīyah > Egypt.
Shādhilīyah
Soefisme.
Hervormingen.
Islam.
Chādhilīyah > Égypte.
Soufisme > Égypte.
Islam > Égypte.
Egypt
Egypte.
Égypte > Vie religieuse.
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Table of Contents:
  • 1. Sufism and Reform
  • 2. The 'Ashira Muhammadiyya and the Muhammadiyya Shadhiliyya Order
  • 3. The 'Ashira and the Tariqa, in Public and Private
  • 4. Festivities, Reform, and Tension in Tradition
  • 5. The Prophet
  • 6. The Miracles of the Prophet
  • 7. Ideal and Image of Orthodoxy
  • 8. The Alphabet of Sufism
  • 9. Regular Meetings and Seasonal Celebrations
  • 10. 'Conversion', Initiation, and Succession
  • Appendix A: Documents Confirming the Issue of a Licence (Ijaza) to Practise Sufi Activities in the Name of the Muhammadiyya Shadhiliyya
  • Appendix B: The Sufi Ordinance (La'iha Sufiyya) of 1976
  • Appendix C: The Executive Ordinance (La'iha Tanfidhiyya) of 1978.

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