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Title: | Prayer and military activity in the history of Muslim Africa South of the Sahara |
Author: | Fisher, H.J. |
Year: | 1971 |
Periodical: | The Journal of African History |
Volume: | 12 |
Issue: | 3 |
Pages: | 391-406 |
Language: | English |
Geographic terms: | Subsaharan Africa Africa |
Subjects: | Islam religious rituals defence history prayer |
External link: | https://www.jstor.org/stable/181040 |
Abstract: | Deals with the significance, in the historical development of Muslim tropical Africa, of Muslim prayer. Particularly significant are, next to the ceremonial function of prayer, in the military context its instrumental and disciplinary functions. The discipline of Muslim prayer is strict, and has sometimes underpinned military discipline. This is illustrated through a discussion of the various stages of an hypothetical military campaign with examples of instrumental and disciplinary prayer at each stage. These forms of prayer had a considerable practical significance for the discipline, the morale, the discouragement of the enemy, and the inspiration of later generations. Notes, summary. |