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Showing 1 to 7 of 7 for “"Islamic Reform"”.
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Diverse styles of Islamic reform among the Songhay of eastern Mali
… is to contribute to an understanding of Islamic reform in West Africa. To this end fieldwork was conducted among the Songhay of eastern Mali, a people who experienced a sudden rise in the popularity of Islamic reform in the early 1970's which divided many communities along religious …
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Colonialism and the Dialectics of Islamic Reform in a Malay State: Pengasoh and the Making of a Muslim Public Sphere in Kelantan, 1915 - 1925
… and the role it has played in the Muslim ‘reform’ discourses in early 20th century Malaya. The periodical was first published by the Majlis Agama Islam Kelantan (Kelantan’s State Islamic Council) in 1918. Within the context of Malay-Muslim society, Kelantan was, and in some ways remain, a …
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The Muslims of Kathmandu: A study of religious identity in a Hindu Kingdom
… the Hindus, and their response and resistance to Islamic reform clearly show that their secular interests are closely linked to their religious ones. Finally, this thesis also shows that religious identity is changeable. It presents case studies of religious conversion from one religion to …
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A critical investigation of the opposition of the Rifi confederation led by Muhammed bin 'Abd al-Karim al-Khattabi to Spanish colonial expansion in northern Morocco, 1920-1925, and its political and social background
… It examines his political, social. and religious reforms'l not only from the point of view of their importance in the overall-- movement for Islamic reform, but also from that of their practical necessity and effects.
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'ABD Al-Rahman Al-Kawakibi's Vision for an Islamic Renaissance: Umm Al-Qura
… were applied to the ideologies of the reform movements; nationalism was potentially incompatible with Islamic reform due to the Islamic injunction to keep the umma united; though al-Kawakibi supported the nationalistic idea of localsovereignty, he was ambivalent about nationalism in its …
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A Heavy Rain Has Fallen Upon My People: Sindhi Sufi Poetry Performance, Emotion, and Islamic Knowledge in Kachchh, Gujarat
… Sufi poetry performance as a means of Islamic knowledge transmission and ethical self-formation in rural Muslim communities in Kachchh, a border district in the western Indian state of Gujarat adjacent to Sindh, Pakistan. Drawing on eighteen months of ethnographic research with Muslim …
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Aspiring Muslims in Russia: Form-of-Life and Political Ecoonomy of Virtue in Povolzhye's Halal Movement
This thesis is concerned with the ways in which Muslims in Russia’s Povolzhye region define, and strive towards, spiritual and material well-being. It explores how pious subjectivities are cultivated in a secular and often politically hostile environment. In addition, it deals with Povolzhye …