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Walking Qur'an: Islamic Education, Embodied Knowledge, and History in West Africa
The interconnected ways that sexism functions in academic Islamic studies and how to shift professional norms toward parity Despite remarkable shifts in the demographics of Islamic studies in recent decades, the field continues to be dominated by men, who often relegate other scholars and their work—particularly research on gender—to its periphery, while treating subfields in which men predominate as more rigorous and central. In The Woman Question in Islamic Studies, Kecia Ali explores the interconnected ways that sexism functions in academic Islamic studies. Examining publications, citations, curricula, and media representations, Ali finds that, despite the growth and depth of scholars...
Contains the books...'Simplification of Primary (Islamic) Education for African Children' & 'Motherly Advice for the Muslim Girl Concerning Religious and Worldly Life'
Captures the theoretical and actual dimension of social welfare in selected African Islamic countries. Describes State involvement in the post-colonial period, the roles of pious foundations, Sufi orders, and NGOs.
This is a study of a 20th-century Sufi revival in West Africa. Seesemann's work evolves around the emergence and spread of the 'Community of the Divine Flood,' established in 1929 by Ibrahim Niasse, a leader of the Tijaniyya Sufi order from Senegal.
First Published in 1997. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
A concise explanation of the Hadith of the Angel Jibril. This explanation was sent as a letter to one of the students of Shaykh Ibrahim Niasse, after requesting that the Shaykh explain it to him. A description of the steps of SPiritual Wayfaring (Suluk)
This is a book by Shaykh al-Islam of Africa, al-Hajj Ibrahim Niasse. It concerns the prevelance of knowledge and thos endowed with knowledge over all. This knowledge must be followed by proper actio, according to the Shaykh.
Third Eye Open' is a poetry book in it's purest form. Not being content with entertaining the reader, this offering from Rakin Niass transverse many genres and many realities to offer us an insight into being an intersectional Muslim. Although Intersectionality is a term often reserved for the narratives of women, 'Third Eye Open' reminds us why stories and experiences of masculinity, race and religion should not be side-lined and are more relevant now than they ever have been. Tanya Muneera Williams
"Frontispiece: Poem and calligraphy by Adonis, XXXX. Translated by Bassam Frangieh" --T.p. verso.