Fighting the Greater Jihad Amadu Bamba and the Founding of the Muridiyya of Senegal, 1853-1913

Name: Fighting the Greater Jihad Amadu Bamba and the Founding of the Muridiyya of Senegal, 1853-1913
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ISBN: 9780821417669

ISBN-10: 0821417665

ISBN-13: 9780821417669

Edition: 2007

Authors: Cheikh Anta Babou, Cheikh Anta Mbackï¿½ Babou

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In Senegal, the Muridiyya, a large Islamic Sufi order, is the single most influential religious organization, including among its numbers the nationrsquo;s president. Yet little is known of this sect in the West. Drawn from a wide variety of archival, oral, and iconographic sources in Arabic, French, and Wolof,Fighting the Greater Jihadoffers an astute analysis of the founding and development of the order and a biographical study of its founder, Cheikh Amadu Bamba Mbacke. Cheikh Anta Babou explores the forging of Murid identity and pedagogy around the person and initiative of Amadu Bamba as well as the continuing reconstruction of this identity by more recent followers. He makes a…

Book details

List price: $36.95
Copyright year: 2007
Publisher: Ohio University Press
Publication date: 9/1/2007
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 320
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.90" tall
Weight: 1.122
Language: English



List of Illustrations


Preface


List of Abbreviations


Note on Orthography


Introduction



Islam, Society, and Power in the Wolof States



The Mbakke: The Foundations of Family Traditions



The Emergence of Amadu Bamba, 1853-95



The Founding of the Muridiyya



Murid Conflict with the French Colonial Administration, 1889-1902



Slow Path toward Accommodation I: The Time of Rapprochement



Slow Path toward Accommodation II: Making Murid Space in Colonial Bawol


Conclusion



Ijaaza Delivered to Momar A. Sali by Samba Tukuloor Ka



Sharifian Genealogy of Amadu Bamba from Mis Mother's Side



Amadu Bamba's Sons and Daughters and Their Mothers



List of the Transmitters of the Qadiriyya wird Whom Amadu Praises in His Poem "Silsilat ul Qadiriyya"


Notes


Bibliography


Index