This article is about how women take part in the Islamic mystical (Sufi) order named Tijāniya. Basically in Ethiopia, Muslim women are generally regarded as secondary in gaining access to religious education, thus, few women take the mystical license to perform the Tijānī rituals and become a Tijānī disciple in Ethiopia. However, this fact does not indicate that women are excluded from any kind of Sufi activities. The focal person is Al-Fakī Ahmad Umar (d. 1953), a renowned Tijānī shaykh (Sufi master) from Bornu (of present northern Nigeria), venerated as walī (saint) mainly in western Ethiopia. In this article, a comparison is made of three religious centers of Tijāniya in western Ethiopia, where Al-Fakī Ahmad Umar took up residence during...
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This article is about how women take part in the Islamic mystical (Sufi) order named Tijāniya. Basic...
Extracted text; Sufism, which is a mystical form of Islam, serves as the main form of religion follo...
Recent studies have described the active participation of women in local associations as well as in ...
Sufism, which is a mystical form of Islam, serves as the main form of religion followed by people li...
The following paper will explore women participation in the Sufism movement. Sufism is a mystical mo...
The lack of records about the involvement and contribution of women in Sufism texts cannot be used a...
Generally, Sufism is understood as “the mystical knowledge of the Nearness to God”. Sufism, as a rel...
Cet article examine les pratiques rituelles contemporaines d’hommes et de femmes qui se rendent à de...
Cet article examine les pratiques rituelles contemporaines d’hommes et de femmes qui se rendent à de...
À partir d’une enquête ethnographique, cet article examine des pratiques de divination et de guériso...
Sufi rituals have historically been more open to women than other Islamic religious practices such a...
This article is a feminist ethnographic exploration of how ‘indigenous’ notions of a ‘sacred feminin...
This article analyses female religious authority among members of Indonesia’s Tarbiyah movement. It ...
This article explores a case in point: women's majelis taklim in the Leihitu area of Ambon Island in...
This article examines the ways in which women construct expert status and gain authority as marabout...
This article is about how women take part in the Islamic mystical (Sufi) order named Tijāniya. Basic...
Extracted text; Sufism, which is a mystical form of Islam, serves as the main form of religion follo...
Recent studies have described the active participation of women in local associations as well as in ...
Sufism, which is a mystical form of Islam, serves as the main form of religion followed by people li...
The following paper will explore women participation in the Sufism movement. Sufism is a mystical mo...
The lack of records about the involvement and contribution of women in Sufism texts cannot be used a...
Generally, Sufism is understood as “the mystical knowledge of the Nearness to God”. Sufism, as a rel...
Cet article examine les pratiques rituelles contemporaines d’hommes et de femmes qui se rendent à de...
Cet article examine les pratiques rituelles contemporaines d’hommes et de femmes qui se rendent à de...
À partir d’une enquête ethnographique, cet article examine des pratiques de divination et de guériso...
Sufi rituals have historically been more open to women than other Islamic religious practices such a...
This article is a feminist ethnographic exploration of how ‘indigenous’ notions of a ‘sacred feminin...
This article analyses female religious authority among members of Indonesia’s Tarbiyah movement. It ...
This article explores a case in point: women's majelis taklim in the Leihitu area of Ambon Island in...
This article examines the ways in which women construct expert status and gain authority as marabout...