Muslims beyond the Arab World explores the vibrant tradition of writing African languages
using the modified Arabic script ('Ajami) alongside the rise of the Muridiyya Sufi order in …

The changes to US immigration law that were instituted in 1965 have led to an influx of West
African immigrants to New York, creating an enclave Harlem residents now call''Little …

Offers an overview of Sufism in North America. In this book, William Rory Dickson explores
Sufism as a developing tradition in North America, one that exists in diverse and beguiling …

On September 30, 2010, a prayer service at Manila Cathedral broke with formal rites. With
the mayor of Manila and Catholic bishops present, local tour guide and activist Carlos …

In studies concerning Islam and gender in West Africa, the expertise of women in Islamic
esoteric practices is often overlooked. These practices, that include divination, dream …

Senegal has a clientelist political system, which is personalized, opaque, and characterized
by wide impunity for the political elite. The most salient social force in the country is the Sufi …

This collection of seven essays offers wide-ranging and in-depth studies of locations sacred
to Muslims, of the histories of these sites (real or imagined), and of the ways in which …

The Muslim holy city of Touba, self-defined 'capital'of the Murid Sufi order in Senegal, is
increasingly thriving on its global connectedness. This article situates the phenomenon of …

ABSTRACT Between July 2016 and May 2018, the Senegalese state implemented two
phases of a project designed to remove children from the streets of Dakar, targeted at the …

This rich ethnographic study explores the life and work of successful marabout women in
Dakar. It is set against the background of their private family lives, of developments in …