Islam in tribal societies : from the Atlas to the Indus

356 Pages·2008·7.941 MB·English

by  Ahmed, Akbar S., Hart, David M

ISLAM IN TRIBAL
SOCIETIES
From the Atlas to the Indus
Akbar S. Ahmed and David M. Hart
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ISLAM IN TRIBAL SOCIETIES
From the Atlas to the Indus
Edited by Akbar S. Ahmed
and David M. Hart
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Islam in tribal societies,
includes index.
I. Tribes and tribal system—Islamic countries —
Addresses, essays, lectures. 2. Islam—20th century
Addresses, essays, lectures. I. Ahmed, Akbar S.
II. Hart, David M.
JC49.I76 1983 305.6'971 83-561
ISBN 0-7100-9320-9
CONTENTS
Acknowledgments vii
Introduction
Akbar S. Ahmed and David M. Hart 1
1 Doctor and saint
Ernest Gellner 21
2 Arbitration as a political institution: an inter­
pretation of the status of monarchy in Morocco
Magali Morsy 39
3 Segmentary systems and the role of 'five fifths' in
tribal Morocco
David M. Hart 66
4 Cultural resistance and religious legitimacy in
colonial Algeria
Fanny Colonna 106
5 Sufism in Somaliland: a study in tribal Islam
I.M. Lewis 127
6 Alliance and descent in the Middle East and the
'problem' of pa trilateral parallel cousin marriage
Donald P. Cole 169
7 The paucity of ritual among Middle Eastern
pastoralists
£mrys Peters 187
8 Honour groups in traditional Turkmenian society
V.N. Basilov 220
9 Holier than thou: Islam in three tribal societies
Richard Tapper 244
10 Tribal warfare in Afghanistan and Pakistan: a
reflection of the segmentary lineage system
Louis Dupree 266
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11 Religiosity, values and economic change among
Sheikhanzai nomads
Bahram Tavakolian 287
12 Feuding with the spirit among the Zikri Baluch:
the saint as champion of the despised
Stephen L. Pastner 302
13 Religious presence and symbolism in Pukhtun
society
Akbar S. Ahmed 310
Notes on the contributors 331
Index 333
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
Chapter 1 - Doctor and saint - by Ernest GelLner, first appeared
in Nikki R. Keddie (ed.), 'Scholars, Saints and Sufis: Muslim
Religious Institutions since 1500', University of California
Press, 1972 (© 1972 Regents of the University of California),
and is reprinted by permission of the University of California
Press.
Chapter 3 - Segmentary systems and the role of 'five fifths' in
tribal Morocco - by David M. Hart, first appeared in 'Revue de
l'Occident Musulman et de la Méditerranée', vol. 3, no. 1
(1967), pp. 65-95, and is reprinted by permission.
Chapter 4 - Cultural resistance and religious legitimacy in
colonial Algeria - by Fanny Colonna, first appeared in 'Economy
and Society', vol. 3, no. 3 (August 1974), pp. 233-52 (©Rout­
ledge & Kegan Paul 1974), and is reprinted by permission of
Routledge & Kegan Paul.
Chapter 5 - Sufism in Somaliland : a study of tribal Islam - by
I.M. Lewis, first appeared in the 'Bulletin of the School of
Oriental and African Studies', vol. 17, no. 3 (1955), pp. 581-
602, and vol. 18, no. 1 (1956), pp. 145-60, and is reprinted
by permission.