Original title: Egyptian Mawlids in the Context of Contemporary Sufi Spirituality
Authors: Ostřanský, Bronislav
Document type: Papers
Conference/Event: Middle East in the Contemporary World 2009, Plzeň (CZ), 2009-04-02 / 2009-04-02
Year: 2009
Language: eng
Abstract: Mawlids – as many-sided religious and social phenomenon – have a long and uninterrupted tradition within Islam. Since uncertain beginnings which can be traced back to the 13th or 14th centuries until the present times their participants have been put together by the identical common motive – the will to express their respect, devoutness and loyalty to a certain saint (walī). Using the popular Muslim parable describing the pilgrimage to Mecca (hajj), we might to state that ways and manners of wandering are different, but the Aim is just one. On the example of these religious celebrations we can clearly illustrate to what a degree Islamic mysticism and Muslim folk religiosity are closely interwoven until it is quite impossible study both of them separately (!). In general, celebrations of mawlids connect both religious and profane aspects and up to the present day belong to the most significant sources for our study of the contemporary popular Muslim (not only Egyptian) religiosity.
Keywords: sufism
Project no.: CEZ:AV0Z90210515 (CEP)
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Institution: Oriental Institute AS ČR (web)
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