الناشر | The American University in Cairo -Press |
تنسيق الكتاب | غلاف صلب |
وصف الكتاب | Every year, in the Nile Delta, a festival takes place that was for centuries the biggest in the Muslim world: the mulid of al-Sayyid Ahmad al-Badawi of Tanta. This book tells for the first time the history of the mulid, which for long overshadowed even the pilgrimage to Mecca. Organized by Sufi brotherhoods, it had, by the 19th century, grown to become the scene of a boisterous festival that excited the curiosity of European travelers. Islamic modernists and Western observers criticized the cult of al-Badawi, reducing it to a muddle of superstitions and even a resurgence of anti-Islamic pagan practices. Mayeur-Jaouen shows that the mulid does not stand in opposition to religious orthodoxy, but rather acts as a mirror to Egyptian Islam, uniting ordinary believers, peasants, ulama, and heads of Sufi brotherhoods in a shared spiritual fervor. |
تاريخ النشر | 11/18/2019 |
رقم الكتاب المعياري الدولي 13 | 9789774168925 |
اللغة | الإنجليزية |
رقم الطبعة | first Edition |
عدد الصفحات | 256 |