Mawlid Festival in Egypt

Posted on March 20th, 2007 by .
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In an article in ISIM Review Samuli Schielke shows how the project of a modern Islam in Egypt draws upon Islamic and European traditions within the framework of local and global power structures. He uses the development of the Mawlid Festivals to illustrate that point. The way these festivals are perceived is intimately connected with the project of the formation of the Egyptian nation-state and that of the reformation of Islam.

For a more visual representation of the Mawlid Festival see the BBC website that also gives some (although not always accurate) information about Sufis.

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