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The shaping Shaikh: an ethnographic inquiry into the role of the Shaikh in the adaptation of Naqshbandi Sufism in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
… is an ethnographic investigation of living Naqshbandi Sufi practitioners in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina. Its epistemology presumes that a nuanced understanding of Islam that recognises complex realities and contradictory perspectives requires an examination of its embodied form. As a …
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The Sonic Ummah: Sound and Presence in Singapore Sufism
In this thesis, I present the practices of several Sufi orders in the city-state of Singapore, paying attention to gatherings that are designed to heighten feelings of religiosity and facilitate a state of co-presence with divine figures through sonic acts. This thesis explores the ideas of sound …