The religious men in Jebel Marra: the process of learning and the performance of Islamic rituals and practices

"The study investigates how Muslim religious specialists (fuqarâ, sing. fakî) acquire Qur'anic knowledge in the context of the 'communities of practice'. It contextualises the Qur'anic schools of Jebel Marra in the Sudan arguing that the fuqarâ increase their access to knowl...

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Published in:Beiträge zur Afrikaforschung
Main Author: Mohammed, Bakheit M. Nur (Author)
Format: Print Book
Language:English
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Published: Berlin Wien Zürich Münster Lit [2017]
In: Beiträge zur Afrikaforschung (Band 81)
Series/Journal:Beiträge zur Afrikaforschung Band 81
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Islam / Learning (Motif) / Prayer
B Dschabal Marra / Fur / Islam / Quran school
IxTheo Classification:BJ Islam
Further subjects:B Islam Customs and practices Sudan Marra Mountains
B Muslim men Religious life (Sudan) (Marra Mountains)
B Muslim men Religious life Sudan Marra Mountains
B Islamic Religious Education (Sudan) (Marra Mountains)
B Muslim scholars (Sudan) (Marra Mountains)
B Muslim scholars
B Fur (African people) Religion
B Muslim scholars Sudan Marra Mountains
B Thesis
B Anthropology of religion
B Islamic Religious Education Sudan Marra Mountains
B Islam Rituals
B Anthropology of religion (Sudan) (Marra Mountains)
B Islam (Sudan) (Marra Mountains) Rituals
B Study skills Sudan Marra Mountains
B Qurʼan Study and teaching Sudan Marra Mountains Qurʼan
B Qurʼan Study and teaching (Sudan) (Marra Mountains)
B Anthropology of religion Sudan Marra Mountains
B Islam Rituals Sudan Marra Mountains
B Islam Customs and practices
B Islamic Religious Education
B Islam (Sudan) (Marra Mountains) Customs and practices

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