Préserver le charisme: les conséquences de la mort d'Ahmad Kaftaro sur la mosquée-complexe Abu al-Nur
Following his father's death in 1938, the young Muslim scholar Ahmad Kaftaro inherited the position as a sheikh of a Naqshbandi tarîqa and as a preacher of the Abu al-Nur mosque. In the beginning of the 1950s he was appointed Mufti of Damascus and in 1964 he became the Grand Mufti of Syria, a p...
| Published in: | Maghreb, Machrek |
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| Format: | Print Article |
| Language: | French |
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Ed. ESKA
2008
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Maghreb, Machrek
Year: 2009, Issue: 198, Pages: 65-73 |
| Further subjects: | B
Charisma
B Religious institution B Mosque B Religious community B Syria B Educational institution B Madrasa B Cultural life B Succession B Association B Islam B Celebrity B Co-worker B Sufism B Ulama |
| Summary: | Following his father's death in 1938, the young Muslim scholar Ahmad Kaftaro inherited the position as a sheikh of a Naqshbandi tarîqa and as a preacher of the Abu al-Nur mosque. In the beginning of the 1950s he was appointed Mufti of Damascus and in 1964 he became the Grand Mufti of Syria, a position he held until his passing away in September 2004. During the reign of Ahmad Kaftaro, his small mosque developed into a large, multi-purpose Islamic complex. The recent developments at the Sheikh Ahmad Kaftaro Foundation demonstrate an aspiration to develop a modern organization. One question is how the ambition to build an Islamic educational institution and NGO focused on welfare corresponds with the "traditional" values and ideas of a Naqshbandi tarîqa. Hence, questions concerning transmission of charisma (baraka) and changes in rituals due to the death of Kaftaro will be discussed in the paper. (Maghreb-Machrek/GIGA) |
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| ISSN: | 1762-3162 |
| Contains: | In: Maghreb, Machrek
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