Sufism and Religious Brotherhoods in Senegal
This book is a study of the state of Islam in Senegal and of the religious factors that influence it. Islam in Senegal is characterized by the strong intrenchment of a certain number of Sufi brotherhoods. In effect, the majority of Senegal's 7.6 million Muslims consider adherence to a brotherhood, a tariqa, to be a religious obligation, in keeping with the well-known Sufi maxim, He who does not have a shaykh will have Satan for a guide.Mbacké traces the genesis and evolution of Sufism in order to explain the circumstances that permitted the emergence of Sufi brotherhoods. He describes the brotherhoods that are currently active in Senegal and…
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Weitere Autoren: Hunwick, John (Hrsg.) / Ross, Eric (Übers.)
- ISBN: 978-1-55876-342-5
- EAN: 9781558763425
- Produktnummer: 23139817
- Verlag: Markus Wiener Publishing Inc
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2005
- Seitenangabe: 141 S.
- Masse: H22.4 cm x B15.0 cm x D1.2 cm 268 g
- Gewicht: 268
- Sonstiges: Undergraduate
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Khadim Mbacké (Director of Research in the Department of Language and Civilization, Institut Fondamental d'Afrique Noire and Cheikh Anta Diop University, Dakar) is the author of Zouhour Al-Bassatin.
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