Death rituals by Comorian and Swahili Muslims generally, represent a "social institution" through which it is possible to observe many aspects of their culture. Nowadays, these death rituals are vehemently rejected by the wahhābīya of the region who consider them to be pagan practices having nothing to do with « true Islam ». Among other things, this article tries to show that this wahhābīyaclaim in favour of any pure, orthodox islamic practises is an illusion, insofar as the fiqh (the classical Islamic jurisprudence) has, since its creation, incorporated a significant amount of what it calls the 'urf (lit. "what is known to all"), that is, pre-islamic Arabic customs.Les rites de mort chez les Comoriens et les Swahili en général constituent...
Anxious to uncover « myths » and « cosmogonies » attesting to an uncontaminated Africaness, Africani...
This article will show that the implementation of the Javanese Islamic tradition in the form of the ...
This article will show that the implementation of the Javanese Islamic tradition in the form of the ...
Dans cet article, les représentations et les pratiques liées à la mort sont étudiées à travers les r...
En indiquant comment certains rituels juifs autour de la mort sont restés inchangés au cours des siè...
International audienceThe rise of Islam resulted in the rapid dissemination and development of new f...
Theories of ritual exist: Durkheim, Mauss, Hocart, Van Gennep. But their explanations are based upon...
Over the last two decades, bitter confrontations have taken place among Muslims in East Africa. The ...
Death is universal and all societies have developed some kind of death ritual which serves as a form...
Death is universal and all societies have developed some kind of death ritual which serves as a form...
Cet article donne une description et une analyse des croyances et des rites liés à la mort et aux fu...
Islam is an all-encompassing religion that provides Muslims with Divine guidance in all spheres of l...
Dans cet article, l’auteur examine sept interdits musulmans à propos des rites autour de la mort : d...
Islam is an all-encompassing religion that provides Muslims with Divine guidance in all spheres of l...
Islam is an all-encompassing religion that provides Muslims with Divine guidance in all spheres of l...
Anxious to uncover « myths » and « cosmogonies » attesting to an uncontaminated Africaness, Africani...
This article will show that the implementation of the Javanese Islamic tradition in the form of the ...
This article will show that the implementation of the Javanese Islamic tradition in the form of the ...
Dans cet article, les représentations et les pratiques liées à la mort sont étudiées à travers les r...
En indiquant comment certains rituels juifs autour de la mort sont restés inchangés au cours des siè...
International audienceThe rise of Islam resulted in the rapid dissemination and development of new f...
Theories of ritual exist: Durkheim, Mauss, Hocart, Van Gennep. But their explanations are based upon...
Over the last two decades, bitter confrontations have taken place among Muslims in East Africa. The ...
Death is universal and all societies have developed some kind of death ritual which serves as a form...
Death is universal and all societies have developed some kind of death ritual which serves as a form...
Cet article donne une description et une analyse des croyances et des rites liés à la mort et aux fu...
Islam is an all-encompassing religion that provides Muslims with Divine guidance in all spheres of l...
Dans cet article, l’auteur examine sept interdits musulmans à propos des rites autour de la mort : d...
Islam is an all-encompassing religion that provides Muslims with Divine guidance in all spheres of l...
Islam is an all-encompassing religion that provides Muslims with Divine guidance in all spheres of l...
Anxious to uncover « myths » and « cosmogonies » attesting to an uncontaminated Africaness, Africani...
This article will show that the implementation of the Javanese Islamic tradition in the form of the ...
This article will show that the implementation of the Javanese Islamic tradition in the form of the ...