Practices of Piety: An Alternative Approach to the Study of Islamic Movements

This article challenges the dominant organization-centered focus of the study of Islamic movements, and argues for a turn towards social practice. To do so, it traces the rise and spread of Egypt’s leading Salafi movement, Ansar al-Sunna al-Muhammadiyya (e. 1926) and its role in popularizing a serie...

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Main Author: Aaron Rock-Singer
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2020-10-01
Series:Religions
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2077-1444/11/10/520