Sponsoring Sufism: how goverments promote "mystical Islam" in their domestic and foreign policies
Introduction & theory of authoritarian leaders' hold on power --. - What is Sufism? : history, characteristics, and politics --. - Algeria : Abdel Aziz Bouteflika, Sufism, and authoritarianism --. - Morocco : King Mohammed VI, Sufism, and the Islamist challengers --. - Appealing to Sufi ord...
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| Format: | Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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Basingstoke
Palgrave Macmillan
2015
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| In: | Year: 2015 |
| Series/Journal: | Palgrave Studies in Religion, Politics, and Policy
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| Further subjects: | B
Political participation
B Islam B Dervish order B State B Islamic countries B Religious organization B History B Population group B Sufism B International comparison |
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| Summary: | Introduction & theory of authoritarian leaders' hold on power --. - What is Sufism? : history, characteristics, and politics --. - Algeria : Abdel Aziz Bouteflika, Sufism, and authoritarianism --. - Morocco : King Mohammed VI, Sufism, and the Islamist challengers --. - Appealing to Sufi orders and shrines : the case of government Sufi advocacy in Pakistan --. - Cases of promoting Sufism in Russia, Chechnya, and Uzbekistan --. - The promotion of Sufism in the West : Britain and the United States -- |
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| Physical Description: | 219 S., Reg., Lit. S. 197-216, Lit. Hinw. S. 185-195 |
| ISBN: | 978-1-137-52106-4 |
