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Title:Sufism in Somaliland: A Study in Tribal Islam. Part One
Author:Lewis, Ioan M.ISNI
Year:1955
Periodical:Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies
Volume:17
Issue:3
Language:English
Geographic term:Somalia
Subjects:Somali
Sufism
Religion and Witchcraft
Peoples of Africa (Ethnic Groups)
Abstract:This essay sets out to examine the role of Sufism in the social structure of the Somali and is designed to elucinate the nature and function of Somali genealogies: I Preliminary (the Somali Lineage System) II Islam (relations with Arabia: The introduction of Islam; Sufism among the Somali; Somali Tariqas; the Cult of saints; The role of Sufism in the social structure; Adoption Genealogical assimilation); III Cushitic Religion (Zar and Waag; Other religious concepts); IV Sufism and syncretism (Sufism and the Sharia; The nature of God and this world; the sab in Islam; Saar rites and Dhikr; The assimilation of Baraka). Bibliography.
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