Ottoman Puritanism and Its Discontents - Ahmad Al-Rumi Al-Aqhisari and the Qadizadelis

Informationen zum Autor Dr Mustapha Sheikh is Lecturer in Islamic Studies and Co-Director of the Iqbal Centre for the Study of Contemporary Islam at the University of Leeds. Klappentext This study explores the emergence of new activist Sufism in the Muslim world from the seventeenth century onwards. Zusammenfassung This study explores the emergence of new activist Sufism in the Muslim world from the seventeenth century onwards. Inhaltsverzeichnis Transliteration Guide Abbreviations Introduction 1: Ottoman Puritanism Introducing the Qadizadelis The Literature An Ottoman Crisis? 2: The Third Man From Cyprus to Aqhisar Majalis al-abrar: A Manifesto for Reform Al-Aqhisari's Sources 3: The Muhammadan Path The Naqshbandi Paradigm Good Sufi, Bad Sufi Saints: Dead and Alive 4: Innovation (Bid'a) A Complex Discussion Taymiyyan Influences in the Majalis Pernicious Innovations 5: Forbidding Evil A Hard-line Agenda Neo-Sufism Again Conclusion Bibliography

List of contents

• Transliteration Guide


• Abbreviations


• Introduction


• 1: Ottoman Puritanism


• Introducing the Qadizadelis


• The Literature


• An Ottoman Crisis?


• 2: The Third Man


• From Cyprus to Aqhisar


• Majalis al-abrar: A Manifesto for Reform


• Al-Aqhisari's Sources


• 3: The Muhammadan Path


• The Naqshbandi Paradigm


• Good Sufi, Bad Sufi


• Saints: Dead and Alive


• 4: Innovation (Bid'a)


• A Complex Discussion


• Taymiyyan Influences in the Majalis


• Pernicious Innovations


• 5: Forbidding Evil


• A Hard-line Agenda


• Neo-Sufism Again


• Conclusion


• Bibliography

Product details

• Authors: Mustapha Sheikh, Mustapha (Lecturer in Islamic Studies Sheikh, Sheikh Mustapha
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 17.11.2016
• EAN: 9780198790761
• ISBN: 978-0-19-879076-1
• No. of pages: 202
• Series: Oxford Theology and Religion Monographs; Oxford Theology and Religion M; Oxford Theology and Religion Monographs; Oxford Theology and Religion M
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Other religions; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Islam, Ottoman Empire, RELIGION / Islam / General, HISTORY / Middle East / Turkey & Ottoman Empire, RELIGION / Islam / Theology, RELIGION / Mysticism, Theology, mysticism, 17th century, c 1600 to c 1699, Middle Eastern history, Islamic Theology, C 1600 To C 1700, Sufism & Islamic Mysticism, Islamic groups: Sufis