Saints and Somalis: Popular Islam in a Clan-based SocietyThe Red Sea Press, 1998 - 174 من الصفحات This collection of essays based on first-hand anthropological field research spanning many years, brings together in a single volume the author's collected material on characteristics of popular Islam amongst the Somali of the Horn of Africa. Rigorous, outspoken, and backing his arguments with reflections based on a lifetime of research and scholarship, Lewis makes a major contribution to understanding the place and role of religion in Somali society. |
المحتوى
APPROPRIATING MYSTICAL ISLAM TO SACRALISE | 1 |
Sufi Brotherhoods in Somalia | 11 |
The Cushitic Background | 22 |
Saar Rites and Dhikri | 28 |
THE LEGITIMACY OF WRITING | 47 |
SACRED AND PROFANE IN SOMALI SOCIETY | 59 |
Religion and Practical Politics | 68 |
Cultic Variations | 79 |
Sharif Yuusufs Missionary Role | 89 |
NATIONALISM AND THE MULTIETHNIC LEGACY | 99 |
A CHALLENGE TO ISLAM? | 107 |
The NAMES OF GOD IN NORTHERN SOMALI | 133 |
NEW ARABIC DOCUMENTS FROM SOMALIA | 141 |
BIBLIOGRAPHY | 155 |
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عبارات ومصطلحات مألوفة
Abdille Hassan affliction Africa agnatic Ahmad Ahmadiya Ajuran Allah amongst Andrzejewski Arabian Arabic Bale baraka Bardera Barkhadle blessing Borana Bur Hacaba camels centre century Cerulli chapter clan-family context cult Cushitic Daarood descent dhikri dia-paying group Digil Elai eponymous Ethiopia founder Gadabuursi Hagiography Haran Madare Harar Hargeisa Hawiye holymen Ibraahim ideal Isaaq Islam jama'a jinn Koran leaders Lewis lineage ancestors lineage structure London Lugh marriage Mogadishu Muslim mystical power northern Somali northern Somaliland Ogaden oral Order origin Oromo particularly pastoral political possession pre-Islamic Prophet Q to Sh Qaadiriya qasidas Quraysh Rahanwiin Reer Sheikh Muumin regarded region relations religion religious role Saalihiya saar saints Sayyid secular settlements Shariah Sharif Yuusuf Sheikh Husseen shrine Somali clan Somali culture Somali Islam Somali nation Somali social structure Somali society Soomaali spirit spirit-possession sprites Sufi Sufism Sultan tariiqa tion tomb traditional Umar venerated Waaq wadaaddo wadaads Walashma dynasty warriors women Yibir