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Showing 1 to 5 of 5 for “"Tariqa"”.
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The Tijaniyya Tariqa in Cape Town: the "normalization" of race relations in South Africa
"The Tijaniyya Tariqa in Cape Town: "Normalization" of Race Relations in South Africa" focuses on the spread to South Africa of the Tijaniyya order (tariqa) prominent in West Africa. Theoretically, the study aims to work within the bounds of the social sciences, while at the same time …
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Securing Their Place: The Ba'alawi, Prophetic Piety and the Islamic resurgence in Indonesia
… adaptation and manipulation of their sufi path, Tariqa 'Alawiyya, in their attempt to secure their place within the wider imagination of Indonesian nationhood while protecting their distinctive genealogical eminence. In the twentieth century, the tariqa which had long functioned to secure their …
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Towards a history of a Senegalese brotherhood in Cape Town
… presence of the Muridiyya, or Mouride, order (tariqa) of Senegal in South Africa, the relationships of its members to other Senegalese migrants and to the population of Cape Town. It therefore traces the transformation of the tariqa under new historical and geopolitical circumstances. …
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The Myth of African Culture in Islam
… Moreover, it reveals how Amadu Bamba's tariqa served as an instrument for Wolof in the Senegambia to not only share essential attributes that constitute their identities as distinct Muslims, but also manifests how their practice of Islam sets them apart from the broader world of the …
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A Confronting of the Gaze: A Study of the Shadhiliyya Yashrutiyya Sufi Order, and its Communities in Amman, Jordan and Calgary, Canada
This study focuses on the history, teachings and culture of the Shadhiliyya Yashrutiyya Sufi order whose roots in North Africa emerge in mid-19th century Palestine with the arrival of its founder, Shaykh Ali Nur al-Din al-Yashruti. To this end, this thesis constructs the biographies of the founder …