Sufism and Jihad in Modern Senegal: The Murid Order

by John Glover

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Examines through the use of Murid oral and written sources the creation of an "alternative modernity" as an understanding of historical change by Sufi notables and disciples.

The Murid order, founded in Senegal in the latter decades of the nineteenth century, grew into a major Sufi order during the colonial period and is now among the most recognizable of the Sufi orders in Africa. Murids have spread the voice of Islam and Africa in concert...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:1580462685

ISBN13:9781580462686

Release Date:November 2007

Publisher:University of Rochester Press

Length:250 Pages

Weight:0.84 lbs.

Dimensions:0.8" x 6.4" x 9.3"

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