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The religious men in Jebel Marra : the process of learning and the performance of Islamic rituals and practices / Bakheit M. Nur Mohammed.
Author
Mohammed, Bakheit M. Nur
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Format
Book
Language
English
Published/Created
Münster : Lit, [2017]
©2017
Description
404 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
Details
Subject(s)
Qurʼan
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Study and teaching
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Sudan
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Marra Mountains
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History
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Islamic religious education
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Sudan
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Marra Mountains
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History
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Islamic education
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Sudan
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Marra Mountains
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History
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Islam
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Study and teaching
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Sudan
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Marra Mountains
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History
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Fur (African people)
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Education
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Sudan
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Marra Mountains
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History
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Ethnology
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Sudan
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Marra Mountains
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History
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Series
Beiträge zur Afrikaforschung Bd. 81.
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Beiträge zur Afrikaforschung, 0938-7285 ; Band 81
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Notes
Originally presented as the author's thesis (doctoral)--Universität Bayreuth, 2016.
Bibliographic references
Includes bibliographical references (pages 387-403).
Action note
Committed to retain in perpetuity — ReCAP Shared Collection (HUL)
Contents
Acknowledgements
Table of contents
Table of figures
List of abbreviations
Glossary
Summary
Introduction
Islam and Muslim societies
Muslim religious men
Islamic learning : the content and the pedagogy
Qur'anic knowledge and religious activities
Learning in a social context
The setting
The social structure and livelihoods
Methodology
Organisation of the book
Islam among the fur
Infiltration of Islam into the fur society
The Fuqarâ : proselytisation and acculturation
The traditions of Qur'anic learning in darfur
The Fuqarâ at present
Conclusion
The Qur'anic schools : their spatial and social organisations
Background to Qur'anic schools
The soom
Learning sessions in the soom
Social relationship between students
The masîk
Social values of learning the Qur'an
The Qur'anic schools and socialisation
Social relations between teachers and students
Learning stages : the acquisition of knowledge in a social context
The mobaddî
Learning tools
The process of learning
The mour
The mnemonic techniques
The chanting of the Qur'an
How students experience recitation and chanting
The acquisition of the islamic esoteric sciences
The Wâdî Dikko
The Wâdî Fokka
The trajectory of Qur'anic learning
What does Qur'anic memorisation mean?
Memorisation and embodiment
The impact of the darfur conflict on Qur'anic schools and traditional Islamic culture
The traditional Islamic culture
Re-Islamisation and empowerment
Overview of the darfur conflict
Conflict, racism and faith
The Qur'anic schools during the conflict
Relocation of Qur'anic schools to IDP camps
Public schooling in idp camps
Perceptions toward the : public school
Connections between the Qur'anic and public schools
The graduates of Qur'anic schools and the interconnection between knowledge and work
The Fakî
Knowledge and profession
The prominent Fuqarâ̂
The ordinary Fuqarâ
The Sadaati
The Toqong
The work of the ordinary Fuqarâ
The local Fuqarâ
The roving Fuqarâ
Fahḷ and Morab'a
Activities of the prominent Fuqarâ : the teaching, writing, and performance of the communal rituals
Teaching in Qur'anic schools
The writing of the book
Activities of the village Fakî : conduct of the communal rituals
Prayer as an expression of piety
Prayer as platform for reflection of knowledge and ideology
Prayer as an arena for recognition
The funeral prayer
The Eid prayer
The rain prayer
The Du'a as a symbolic shield for protection
Al-Fâthạ as an act of blessing
The reading of the Qur'an
Activities of the ordinary Fuqarâ : performance of the individual rituals
The communities of the ordinary Fuqarâ
The Jaqil
The Warqa
How the Fakî imagines the functions of the Warqa
Warqa for non-humans
The conditions that enhance the potency of the Warqa
The Kotoba
The collective kotoba as arena for recognition and fame
Sacrifices associated with the Kotoba
The 'Azîma
The Bakhra
The selection of Qur'anic verses and their meanings
Conclusion : the Fuqarâ, their learning style and activities
Islamisation of the fur or furisation of Islam?
The Qur'anic schools in Jebel Marra
Memorisation : a multipurpose method
How memorisation is actually achieved in a social context
The intersection between acquired knowledge, activities and status
Retention of knowledge : and social mobility
Transference and reproduction of the embodied Qur'an
The Fuqarâ : the fur religious specialists
Bibliography.
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Process of learning and the performance of Islamic rituals and practices
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9783643909169 ((pbk.))
OCLC
992729616
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