Neo-Traditionalism in Islam in the West: Orthodoxy, Spirituality and Politics Quisay Walaa
Neo-Traditionalism in Islam in the West: Orthodoxy, Spirituality and Politics Quisay Walaa This book examines the salience of neo-traditionalism in Anglo-American Muslim communities. The shaykhs…
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Neo-Traditionalism in Islam in the West: Orthodoxy, Spirituality and Politics Quisay Walaa
This book examines the salience of neo-traditionalism in Anglo-American Muslim communities. The shaykhs guide their community of followers and students - known as 'seekers of sacred knowledge' - to paradigmatic critique of modernity that emphasises the importance of reconnecting with the tradition, self-purification, religious orthodoxy, and advocating for the notion of traditional metaphysical worldview and recognition and deference to spiritual (and political) authorities. By tracing the scholarship and impact of the key public pedagogues (shaykhs) associated with this phenomenon - Hamza Yusuf, Abdal Hakim Murad, and Umar Faruq Abd-Allah, Quisay shows how their critiques of modernity is solidified as political ideals and strategies.
In secluded, spiritual retreats - held by the shaykhs - the seekers hope to opt out of the disenchanted modern in search for a form of re-enchantment
Islam and the West