Leading with a Fist: A History of the Salafi Beard in the 20th-Century Middle East
Abstract Salafism is a global religious movement whose male participants often distinguish themselves from their co-religionists by a particular style of facial hair. Historians have focused largely on this movement’s engagement with questions of theology and politics, while anthropologists have ass...
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| Type de support: | Électronique Article |
| Langue: | Anglais |
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Brill
2020
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Islamic law and society
Année: 2020, Volume: 27, Numéro: 1/2, Pages: 83-110 |
| Sujets non-standardisés: | B
Saudi Arabia
B Salafism B Egypt B Islamic movements B Piety |
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| Résumé: | Abstract Salafism is a global religious movement whose male participants often distinguish themselves from their co-religionists by a particular style of facial hair. Historians have focused largely on this movement’s engagement with questions of theology and politics, while anthropologists have assumed that Salafi practice reflects a longer Islamic tradition. In this article, I move beyond both approaches by tracing the gradual formation of a distinctly Salafi beard in the 20th century Middle East. Drawing on Salafi scholarly compendia, leading journals, popular pamphlets, and daily newspapers produced primarily in Egypt and Saudi Arabia, I argue that Salafi elites revived a longer Islamic legal tradition in order to distinguish their flock from secular nationalist projects of communal identity and Islamic activists alike. In doing so, I cast light on Salafism’s interpretative approach, the dynamics that define its development as a social movement, and the broader significance of visual markers in modern projects of Islamic piety. |
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| ISSN: | 1568-5195 |
| Contient: | Enthalten in: Islamic law and society
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/15685195-00260A06 |