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The Female Voice in Sufi Ritual
Language: en
Pages: 240
Authors: Shemeem Burney Abbas
Categories: Religion
Type: BOOK - Published: 2010-06-04 - Publisher: University of Texas Press

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The female voice plays a more central role in Sufi ritual, especially in the singing of devotional poetry, than in almost any other area of Muslim culture. Fema
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Sufi Women of South Asia
Language: en
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Authors: Tahera Aftab
Categories: Social Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 2022-05-16 - Publisher: BRILL

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In Sufi Women of South Asia. Veiled Friends of God, Tahera Aftab, drawing upon various sources, offers the first unique and comprehensive account of South Asian
Sufi Women, Embodiment, and the ‘Self’
Language: en
Pages: 145
Authors: Jamila Rodrigues
Categories: Religion
Type: BOOK - Published: 2022-12-30 - Publisher: Taylor & Francis

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This book is an ethnographic case study of Sufi ritual practice and embodied experience amongst female members of the Naqshbandi community. Drawing on fieldwork
From Shamanism to Sufism
Language: en
Pages: 256
Authors: Razia Sultanova
Categories: Religion
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Women have traditionally played a vital part in Islam throughout Central Asia - the vast area from the Caspian Sea to Siberia. With this ground-breaking and ori