LEADER 02862nam 2200613 a 450 001 9910455889403321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-8214-4257-0 035 $a(CKB)2440000000014101 035 $a(EBL)1743659 035 $a(OCoLC)681352004 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000376262 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11298956 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000376262 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10332659 035 $a(PQKB)11349599 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1743659 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse9459 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1743659 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10246274 035 $a(EXLCZ)992440000000014101 100 $a20070605d2007 ub 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aFighting the greater jihad$b[electronic resource] $eAmadu Bamba and the founding of the Muridiyya of Senegal, 1853-1913 /$fCheikh Anta Babou 210 $aAthens $cOhio University Press$dc2007 215 $a1 online resource (319 p.) 225 1 $aNew African histories series 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-8214-1766-5 311 $a0-8214-1765-7 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 263-283) and index. 327 $aIslam, society, and power in the Wolof states -- The Mbakke: the foundations of family traditions -- The emergence of Amadu Bamba, 1853-95 -- The founding of the Muridiyya -- Murid conflict with the French colonial administration, 1889-1902 -- Slow path toward accommodation I: the time of rapprochement -- Slow path toward accommodation II: making Murid space in colonial Bawol -- Conclusion. 330 $a In Senegal, the Muridiyya, a large Islamic Sufi order, is the single most influential religious organization, including among its numbers the nation's president. Yet little is known of this sect in the West. Drawn from a wide variety of archival, oral, and iconographic sources in Arabic, French, and Wolof, Fighting the Greater Jihad offers an astute analysis of the founding and development of the order and a biographical study of its founder, Cheikh Amadu Bamba Mbacke. Cheikh Anta Babou explores the forging of Murid identity and pedagogy around the person and initiative of 410 0$aNew African histories series. 606 $aMuri?di?yah$zSenegal$vBiography 606 $aIslam and politics$zSenegal$xHistory 606 $aIslamic sects$zSenegal 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aMuri?di?yah 615 0$aIslam and politics$xHistory. 615 0$aIslamic sects 676 $a297.4/8 700 $aBabou$b Cheikh Anta Mbacke?$0913141 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910455889403321 996 $aFighting the greater jihad$92045602 997 $aUNINA