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Manifestations of a Sufi woman in Central Asia : a critical edition of Ḥāfiẓ-i Baṣīr's Maẓhar al-ʻajāʾib
\"The Mazhar al-ajaib is the devotional work written to expound upon the teachings of Agha-yi Buzurg, a female religious master active in the early 16th century in Bukhara. The work was produced in 16th century Central Asia, when the region underwent major socio-economic and religio-political changes in the aftermath of the downfall of the Timurid dynasty and the establishment of the Shibanid dynasty in Mavarannahr and the Safavid dynasty in Iran. In its portrayal of Agha-yi Buzurg, the Mazhar al-ajaib represents a tradition that maintained an egalitarian conception of gender in the spiritual equality of women and men, attesting to the presence of multiple voices in Muslim discourse and challenging conventional ways of thinking about gender history in early modern Central Asia\"--.
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Sufism and early Islamic piety : personal and communal dynamics
Sufism and Early Islamic Piety: Personal and Communal Dynamics offers a new story about the formative period of Sufism. Through a fresh reading of diverse Sufi and non-Sufi sources, Arin Salamah-Qudsi reveals the complexity of personal and communal aspects of Sufi piety in the period between the ninth and thirteenth centuries. Her study also sheds light on the interrelationships and conflicts of early Sufis through emphasising that early Sufism was neither a quietist or a completely individual mode of piety. Salamah-Qudsi reveals how the early Sufis' commitment to the Islamic ideal of family life lead to different creative arrangements among them in order to avoid contradictions with this ideal and the mystical ideal of solitary life. Her book enables a deeper understanding of the development of Sufism in light of the human concerns and motivations of its founders -- Cambridge University Press website.
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Islam and gender in colonial northeast Africa : Sitti 'Alawiyya, the uncrowned queen
In Islam and Gender in Colonial Northeast Africa, Silvia Bruzzi provides a social history of the colonial encounter across the Red Sea and the Mediterranean region during the life and times of Sittī 'Alawiyya (1892-1940), the 'Uncrowned Queen' of Eritrea.
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The forgotten legacy of the Sudanese Sufi woman : historical study, 1504-2023
This scholarly work by Dr. Abdulgalil Abdallah Salih is a monumental historical recovery project. It systematically documents the spiritual, social, and political agency of Sudanese women within the Sufi tradition over five centuries, challenging the male-centric narratives often found in Islamic hagiography.
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The Anonymity of a Commentator
The Anonymity of a Commentator examines the life and
writings of the Egyptian Sufi-scholar Zakariyyā al-Anṣārī (d.
926/1520), the longest-serving chief Shāfi'ī justice to the Mamlūk
sultanate during its final years. It analyzes al-Anṣārī's
commentaries in the disciplines of Sufism and Islamic law as a case
study to illustrate how and why Muslims produced commentaries in
the later Islamic Middle Period and how the form and rhetoric of
commentary writing furnished scholars like al-Anṣārī with a medium
in which to express their creativity and adapt the received
tradition to the needs of their time. Whereas twentieth-century
scholars tended to view Muslim commentary texts as symbols of
intellectual stagnation in and of themselves, contemporary scholars
recognize that these texts are often the repositories of profound
ideas, although they approach them with little guidance from their
academic predecessors. The Anonymity of a Commentator aims
to provide this guidance, through a close study of one of the most
prolific commentary writers in Islamic history.
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The Jihadi Insurgency in Cabo Delgado: Ideology, Protagonists and Causes
Based on fieldwork interviews with the internally displaced Muslims from the regions affected by the insurgency, such as Palma, Mocímboa da Praia, Macomia, Quissanga and others, this article unpacks the context, ideology and protagonists that gave rise and afforded sustenance to the insurgency in Cabo Delgado. After providing an overview of the historical trajectory of Islam in Mozambique, the article presents the ideological and historical underpinnings of the contemporary global jihadi movements, expanding into Africa and Mozambique. The article argues that for jihadism to take roots in any place, there should exist militant protagonists and the grievances that serve as emotional entry points for recruitment. Thus, the article examines the processes by which jihadi protagonists emerged in various communities and the grievances they articulated in order to provoke the insurgency against the State.
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The Sufi Doctrine of Man
In The Sufi Doctrine of Man, Richard Todd examines the life and thought of Ṣadr al-Dīn al-Qūnawī (13th century C.E.), Ibn 'Arabī's chief disciple and a key figure in the development of Sufi metaphysics.
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