Sponsoring Sufism
Subtitle: how governments promote "mystical Islam" in their domestic and foreign policies
By: by Fait Muedini
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2015
Place of publication: New York, NY
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781137521064
Subjects: Sufism; Political aspects; Case studies; Islam and state
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction & theory of authoritarian leaders' hold on power; title: What is Sufism? : history, characteristics, and politics; title: Algeria : Abdel Aziz Bouteflika, Sufism, and authoritarianism; title: Morocco : King Mohammed VI, Sufism, and the Islamist challengers; title: Appealing to Sufi orders and shrines : the case of government Sufi advocacy in Pakistan; title: Cases of promoting Sufism in Russia, Chechnya, and Uzbekistan; title: The promotion of Sufism in the West : Britain and the United States; title: Conclusion.