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Wrapping Authority: Women Islamic Leaders in a Sufi Movement in Dakar, Senegal

Wrapping Authority: Women Islamic Leaders in a Sufi Movement in Dakar, Senegal

Hill, Joseph

Paperback

Series: Anthropological Horizons

IslamAnthropologyWomen's Studies

ISBN10: 1487522444
ISBN13: 9781487522445
Publisher: Univ Of Toronto Pr
Published: Oct 5 2018
Pages: 320
Weight: 1.23
Height: 0.90 Width: 6.00 Depth: 8.90
Language: English

Since around 2000, a growing number of women in Dakar, Senegal have come to act openly as spiritual leaders for both men and women. As urban youth turn to the Fayḍa Tijāniyya Sufi Islamic movement in search of direction and community, these women provide guidance in practicing Islam and cultivating mystical knowledge of God. While women Islamic leaders may appear radical in a context where women have rarely exercised Islamic authority, they have provoked surprisingly little controversy. Wrapping Authority tells these women's stories and explores how they have developed ways of leading that feel natural to themselves and those around them.

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