Title: The Ethnographic State
Description: Alone among Muslim countries, Morocco is known for its own national form of Islam, Moroccan Islam. This book reveals that Moroccan Islam was actually invented in the early twentieth century by French ethnographers and colonial officers who were influenced by British colonial practices in India.
Subjects: Islam and state, French, foreign countries, Morocco, social life and customs, France, colonies, africa, Morocco, history, Islam, africa, History, Islam, Religious life and customs, French, Intellectual life, Colonies, Religion