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Muslims beyond the Arab World - The Odyssey of Ajami and the Muridiyya (Hardcover)
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Muslims beyond the Arab World - The Odyssey of Ajami and the Muridiyya (Hardcover)
Series: AAR Religion, Culture, and History
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Muslims beyond the Arab World explores the tradition of writing
African languages using the Arabic script 'Ajami and the rise of
the Muridiyya order of Islamic Sufi in Senegal, founded by Shaykh
Ahmadu Bamba Mbakke (1853-1927). The book demonstrates how the
development of the 'Ajami literary tradition and the flourishing of
the Muridiyya into one of sub-Saharan Africa's most powerful and
dynamic Sufi organizations are entwined. It offers a close reading
of the rich hagiographic and didactic written, recited, and chanted
'Ajami texts of the Muridiyya, works largely unknown to scholars.
The texts describe the life and Sufi odyssey of the order's
founder, his conflicts with local rulers and Muslim clerics and the
French colonial administration, and the traditions and teachings he
championed that shaped the identity and practices of his followers.
In analyzing these Murid 'Ajami texts, Fallou Ngom evaluates
prevailing representations of the movement and offers alternative
perspectives. He demonstrates how, without the knowledge of the
French colonial administration, the Murids were able to use their
written, recited, and chanted 'Ajami materials as an effective
means of mass communication to convey the personal journey of
Shaykh Ahamadu Bamba, his doctrine, the virtues he stood for and
cultivated among his followers: self-reliance, strong faith, the
pursuit of excellence, nonviolence, and optimism in the face of
adversity. This, according to Muslims beyond the Arab World, is the
source of the surprising resilience, appeal, and expansion of
Muridiyya.
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