Muslim Brotherhoods in Nineteenth-Century Africa |
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| Author:
| Martin, B. G. |
| Contribution by:
| Anderson, David
Brown, Carolyn
Clapham, Christopher
Gomez, Michael
Manning, Patrick
Robinson, David
Villalon, Leonardo A. |
| Series title: | African Studies |
| ISBN: | 978-0-521-53451-2 |
| Publication Date: | Feb 2003 |
| Publisher: | Cambridge University Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $60.99 |
Book Description:
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Professor Martin considers the social and political aspects of the revival of the Muslim brotherhoods, or sufi in the nineteenth century. This revival had as its main goal the defence of Islam, and though it the sufi orders acquired great, and indeed unprecedented, political and social influence.
Professor Martin considers the social and political aspects of the revival of the Muslim brotherhoods, or sufi in the nineteenth century. This revival had as its main goal the defence of Islam, and though it the sufi orders acquired great, and indeed unprecedented, political and social influence.