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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| description | 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 series of distinct practices between 1940 and 1990. Based on the full run of this movement’s magazine, <i>al-Hadi al-Nabawi</i> (the Prophetic Guide, 1936–66) and <i>al-Tawhid</i> (Monolatry, 1973–93), the article explores the conditions in which practices such as praying in shoes and bareheaded, gender segregation and the cultivation of a fist-length beard were both politically viable and strategically advantageous. In doing so, it not only casts light on the trajectory of this movement, but also shows how and why the articulation and performance of distinct social practices are central to how Islamic movements shape society. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-365c541d5c9f43ee9f7effb951cd70762023-11-20T16:40:06ZengMDPI AGReligions2077-14442020-10-01111052010.3390/rel11100520Practices of Piety: An Alternative Approach to the Study of Islamic MovementsAaron Rock-Singer0Department of History, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI 53706, USAThis 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 series of distinct practices between 1940 and 1990. Based on the full run of this movement’s magazine, <i>al-Hadi al-Nabawi</i> (the Prophetic Guide, 1936–66) and <i>al-Tawhid</i> (Monolatry, 1973–93), the article explores the conditions in which practices such as praying in shoes and bareheaded, gender segregation and the cultivation of a fist-length beard were both politically viable and strategically advantageous. In doing so, it not only casts light on the trajectory of this movement, but also shows how and why the articulation and performance of distinct social practices are central to how Islamic movements shape society.https://www.mdpi.com/2077-1444/11/10/520SalafismIslamic movementspietyEgypt |
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