Sufism and Jihad in Modern Senegal: The Murid Order

by John Glover

Examines through the use of Murid oral and written sources the creation of an "alternative modernity" as an understanding of historical change by Sufi notables and disciples.

The Murid order, founded in Senegal in the latter decades of the nineteenth century, grew into a major Sufi order during the colonial period and is now among the most recognizable of the Sufi orders in Africa. Murids have spread the voice of Islam and Africa in concert...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1580462685
• ISBN13: 9781580462686
• Release Date: November 2007
• Publisher: University of Rochester Press
• Length: 250 Pages
• Weight: 0.84 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.4" x 9.3"