Sufis and salafis in the contemporary age. (2015 copyright 2015)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Lloyd Ridgeon.
• Other Names: Ridgeon, Lloyd V. J
• Contents: Machine generated contents note: -- Part 1: The Background and Salafi critiques of Sufism1. Introduction, Lloyd Ridgeon (University of Glasgow, UK)2. Mapping the modern Turkish Sufism and Anti-Sufism: a case study of Salafism in opposition to Sufism, Alberto Ambrosio (French Institute for Anatolian Studies, Turkey)Part II: Case Studies: Sufi Responses to Salafism3. Attempts to Delegitimate the Detractors of Sufism in Hyderabad, Mauro Valdinoci (University of Modena, Italy)4. Defending the Faith: Mystical Traditions and Reformist Voices from Bengal, Kashshaf Ghani (University of Aliah, Calcutta, India)5. Sufi-related Discourses and Controversies in Late- and Post-Communist South East Europe - Regional and Transregional Patterns, Yuri Stoyanov (SOAS, University of London, UK)6. Contemporary Sufism in Iraq: A case study of developments at the Shrines of Shaikh Abd al-Qadiral-Jilani and his sons in Baghdad and in 'Aqra, Noorahal-Gailani (University of Glasgow, UK)7. Political Participation of Sufi and Salafi Movements in modern Morocco, Aziz Idrissi (Fez University, Morocco)Part III: Salafi-Sufis8. Deobandi Sufism: a blurring of the borders, Ron Geaves (Liverpool Hope University, UK)9. How Ibn Hazm kidnapped al-Ghazali: "Taharat al-qulub" in modern Cairene Salafi settings, Richard Gauvain (American University of Dubai, UAE)Part IV: ConclusionsSufis as Alternatives to Salafis? Sufis as 'Good Muslims': Sufism in the Battle against Jihadi Salafism, Mark Sedgwick, (University of Aarhus, Denmark).
• Publisher Details: London : Bloomsbury Academic
• Publication Date: 2015
• Extent: 1 online resource (312 pages)
• Subjects: 297.4; Aspects of religion (non-Christian); Sufism; Salafīyah; Mysticism -- Islam; Islamic fundamentalism; Islamic sects; RELIGION / Islam / General; RELIGION / General; RELIGION / Islam / Sufi; Sufism & Islamic mysticism; Religion -- Islam -- General; Religion -- General; Religion -- Islam -- Sufi; Islam
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781472529190; 1472529197
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.