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 [Browse]
Format
Book
Language
English
Published/​Created
  • Münster : Lit, [2017]
  • ©2017
Description
404 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.

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Series
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.
Other title(s)
Process of learning and the performance of Islamic rituals and practices
ISBN
9783643909169 ((pbk.))
OCLC
992729616
RCP
H - S
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