Wright, Zachary Valentine. On the Path of the Prophet: Shaykh Ahmad Tijani and the Tariqa Muhammadiyya Cover Image

Wright, Zachary Valentine. On the Path of the Prophet: Shaykh Ahmad Tijani and the Tariqa Muhammadiyya
Wright, Zachary Valentine. On the Path of the Prophet: Shaykh Ahmad Tijani and the Tariqa Muhammadiyya

Author(s): Abdurrahman Mıhcıoğlu
Subject(s): Cultural history, History of ideas, Social history, 15th Century, The Ottoman Empire, History of Islam, Book-Review
Published by: Burhan Çağlar
Keywords: Tariqat al-Muhammadiyya; neo-Sufism; Tijaniyyah; Idrisiyya; Sanusiyya;Algeria;

Summary/Abstract: Review of: Wright, Zachary Valentine. On the Path of the Prophet: Shaykh Ahmad Tijani and the Tariqa Muhammadiyya, Atlanta: Fayda Books, 2015. 260 sayfa. ISBN: 9780991381388. Orientalist scholars claim the existence of a reform movement in the Islamic world in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries based on the concepts and issues put forward by the ulamas and Sufis of that time. This article discusses, concerning that claim, the concepts of neo-Sufism and Tariqat al-Muhammadiyya through the Tijaniyya, Idrisiyya and Sanusiyya orders. Although it does not question and comprehensively analyzed the validity of the reform debates, the article stands as a starting point paving the way for the studies following a similar set of questions on the issue.

  • Issue Year: 2021
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 153-157
  • Page Count: 5
  • Language: Turkish