Islam in Tribal Societies: From the Atlas to the IndusAkbar S. Ahmed A lively debate is currently being conducted in the social sciences around the concepts of "tribe", "segmentary societies" and "Islam in society". This wide-ranging collection by thirteen distinguished anthropologists contributes to the debate by examining various segmentary Islamic tribal societies from Morocco to Pakistan. |
Contents
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An Interpretation Of The Status | |
Segmentary Systems And The Role Of Five Fifths In Tribal Morocco | |
Cultural Resistance And Religious Legitimacy In Colonial Algeria | |
A Study In Tribal Islam | |
Alliance And Descent In The Middle East And The Problem Of Patrilateral | |
The Paucity Of Ritual Among Middle Eastern Pastoralists | |
Honour Groups In Traditional Turkmenian Society | |
Islam In Three Tribal Societies | |
A Reflection Of The Segmentary | |
Religiosity Values And Economic Change Among Sheikhanzai Nomads | |
The Saint As Champion | |
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Islam in Tribal Societies: From the Atlas to the Indus Akbar S. Ahmed,David M. Hart No preview available - 2008 |
Common terms and phrases
Afghanistan Africa agnatic Ahmed Ait Atta Aith Aith Waryaghar Al Murrah Algeria Allah ancestor animals Anthropology Arab Arabia arbiters areas Atlas Baluch Barth Basseri bedouin belief Berber camp central century Cerulli chief clan colonial conflict context cultural Cushitic Cyrenaica descent groups Durrani economic ethnic Evans-Pritchard example fact feuds five fifths function Gellner genealogies Hajji Hawiye herding hodja holy lineages households ideology important institution ishan Islam jama'as jinn khams khmas khums kinship London marriage means Mian Middle East Middle Eastern migration Mohmand Moroccan Morocco movement Muhammad mullah Murrah Muslim nomads organization ovlyads Pakistan particular pastoral political prayer pre-Islamic Prophet Pukhtun Qur'an relations relationships religion religious ritual role sacrifice saints Sayyid segmentary segmentation settlement Shahsevan shaman Sheikhanzai Shikh social structure Somali Somaliland status Sufi Sufism symbols tariqa tent territorial traditional tribal society tribes tribesmen Turkmen Turkmenian urban village Waaq women zawiya zikr Zikri