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Author Johansen, Julian

Title Sufism and Islamic reform in Egypt : the battle for Islamic tradition / Julian Johansen
Published Oxford : Clarendon Press ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1996

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Description 1 online resource (323 pages) : illustrations
Series Oxford Oriental monographs
Oxford Oriental monographs (Unnumbered)
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
Summary 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 either unwelcome innovation or reactionary superstition. This book focuses on the efforts of the Sufis of Egypt, expressed in the writings of one of the order's sheikhs, to meet the critical challenge. The sheikh offers a vigorous defence of Sufism in the context of controversial issues such as festivals, processions, congregational invocation, and the principle of guidance by the sheikh. He also touches on broader issues such as the metaphysical status of the Prophet and the question of miracles, considering these in a characteristically Sufi light. However, he also downplays or reworks certain key elements of Sufi belief and practice in an attempt to forestall hostile criticism
In this book Dr Johansen discusses these ideas and places them in a broader context, basing his analysis on material recorded at Sufi gatherings in Cairo between 1988 and 1990, as well as published and unpublished texts
Analysis Sufism
Egypt
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 301-312) and index
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Subject ʻAshīrah al-Muḥammadīyah (Egypt)
SUBJECT ʻAshīrah al-Muḥammadīyah (Egypt) fast
ʻAshīrah al-Muḥammadīyah -- Egypte. ram
Subject Shādhilīyah -- Egypt
Shādhilīyah
Soefisme.
Hervormingen.
Islam.
Chādhilīyah -- Égypte.
Soufisme -- Égypte.
Islam -- Égypte.
Egypt
Egypte.
Égypte -- Vie religieuse.
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780191683305
0191683302