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The Birth of The Prophet Muhammad: Devotional Piety in Sunni Islam

The Birth of The Prophet Muhammad: Devotional Piety in Sunni Islam

Paperback

Series: Culture and Civilization in the Middle East

Religion General Islam

ISBN10: 0415551870
ISBN13: 9780415551878
Publisher: Routledge
Published: Apr 1 2009
Pages: 276
Weight: 0.88
Height: 0.60 Width: 6.14 Depth: 9.21
Language: English

In the medieval period, the birth of the Prophet Muhammad (the mawlid) was celebrated in popular narratives and ceremonies that expressed the religious agendas and aspirations of ordinary Muslims, including women.

This book examines the Mawlid from its origins to the present day and provides a new insight into how an aspect of everyday Islamic piety has been transformed by modernity. The book gives a window into the religious lives of medieval Muslim women, rather than focusing on the limitations that were placed on them and shows how medieval popular Islam was coherent and meaningful, not just a set of deviations from scholarly norms.

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