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The Logic of Analogy and the Role of the Sufi Shaykh in Post-Marinid Morocco

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2009

Vincent J. Cornell
Vincent J. Cornell
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In spite of the fact that it has been a favorite subject of scholars for more than seventy years, the religious history of Morocco, especially concerning the period before the French protectorate, remains at best incompletely studied and at worst completely misunderstood. This does not mean, however, that theories and indeed dogmatic assumptions have not been advanced, most notably in the study of what has been termed “popular religion,” that exotic blend of “orthodox” scholasticism and “heterodox” praxis that has made “Moroccan Islam” so interesting.

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International Journal of Middle East Studies , Volume 15 , Issue 1 , February 1983 , pp. 67 - 93
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1983

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