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Sponsoring Sufism : how governments promote "mystical Islam" in their domestic and foreign policies / Fait Muedini.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Muedini, Fait, author.
- Series:
- Palgrave studies in religion, politics, and policy
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Sufism--Political aspects.
- Sufism.
- Sufism--Political aspects--Case studies.
- Islam and state.
- Islam and state--Case studies.
- Genre:
- Case studies.
- Physical Description:
- 219 pages ; 23 cm.
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY : Palgrave Macmillan, 2015.
- Contents:
- 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
- Conclusion.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781137521064
- 1137521066
- OCLC:
- 903873331
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