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Bukhara and the Muslims of Russia Sufism, education, and the paradox of islamic prestige / by Frank, Allen J., 1964-

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Bukhara and the Muslims of Russia Sufism, education, and the paradox of islamic prestige / by Frank, Allen J., 1964-

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Muslim worldviews and everyday lives by El-Aswad, el-Sayed, 1949-

Table of Contents: “…Introduction: Worldview, geography, and ideology -- Muslim worldviews: unity and diversity -- The worldview of the Sunni -- The esoteric worldview of the Shi�a -- The mystic worldview of Sufism -- Muslim worldviews, imagination, and the dream world -- Multiple worldviews and multiple identities of the Muslim diaspora.…”
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Afghanistan's Islam : From Conversion to the Taliban /

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Imperial Muslims : Islam, Community and Authority in the Indian Ocean, 1839-1937 / by Reese, Scott Steven

Table of Contents: “…Introduction : a community of Muslims -- Hanuman's tunnel : collapsing the space between Hind and Arabia in the Arab imaginary -- Aden, the Company and Indian Ocean interests -- Claims to community : mosques, cemeteries and the universe -- "The Qadi is not a judge" : the Qadi's courts, community and authority -- "An innocent amusement" : marginality, spirit possession and the moral community -- Scripturalism, Sufism and the limits of defining public religiosity.…”
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Muslim worldviews and everyday lives by El-Aswad, el-Sayed, 1949-

Table of Contents: “…Introduction: Worldview, geography, and ideology -- Muslim worldviews: unity and diversity -- The worldview of the Sunni -- The esoteric worldview of the Shi�a -- The mystic worldview of Sufism -- Muslim worldviews, imagination, and the dream world -- Multiple worldviews and multiple identities of the Muslim diaspora.…”
An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view

Afghanistan's Islam : From Conversion to the Taliban /

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Imperial Muslims : Islam, Community and Authority in the Indian Ocean, 1839-1937 / by Reese, Scott Steven

Table of Contents: “…Introduction : a community of Muslims -- Hanuman's tunnel : collapsing the space between Hind and Arabia in the Arab imaginary -- Aden, the Company and Indian Ocean interests -- Claims to community : mosques, cemeteries and the universe -- "The Qadi is not a judge" : the Qadi's courts, community and authority -- "An innocent amusement" : marginality, spirit possession and the moral community -- Scripturalism, Sufism and the limits of defining public religiosity.…”
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