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Ambiguity and confusion around the celebration of the Mawlid.
As the supposed date of the birth of Prophet Muḥammad approaches, the debate within the Muslim community about the legality or permissibility of celebrating the birth of the Prophet (Mawlid) of Islam opens up each year: condemnable bidʿa (innovation) to ...
Mehdi Berriah
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In this article, I will first analyse the argument that Tunisian scholar Muḥammad al-Ṭāhir b. ‘Āshūr (1879-1973) mobilised to justify the commemoration of the Mawlid. Faced with the silence of the scriptural sources, the Qur’an and the Sunnah, b.
Nejmeddine Khalfallah
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Un poème du cheikh Ben Badis sur le Mawlid (1937)
The article studies a poem on the Mawlid composed in 1937 by Sheikh Abdelhamid Ben Badis, founder of the Association of Algerian Muslim Ulama. In a “colonial situation” marked by threats of depersonalization, this date in the Hegirian calendar was seen ...
Sadek Sellam
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From the Arab Lands to the Malabar Coast: The Arabic mawlid as a Literary Genre and a Traveling Text [PDF]
This article explores the potential of literary-liturgical texts in tracing developments in intra-religious contacts. It deals with mawlid, which is both a literary genre and a devotional practice.
Ines Weinrich
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The Genre of the Mawlid Narrative in the mid-12th h./18th Century as Exemplified by al-Barzanjī
Among the works of Arabic literature concerning the genre of Mawlid, certainly al-Barzanjī’s Mawlid is a text that has achieved great popularity and spread to large parts of the Islamic world.
Antonio Cuciniello
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La tente du Mawlid sous les derniers sultans circassiens d’Égypte (872 h.-922 h./1468-1517)
From the late Middle Ages, the celebration of Mawlid gave rise to important festivities in Egypt. Many local notables and foreign dignitaries were invited to this event.
Sami Benkherfallah
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The Kitāb al-anwār attributed to Abū al-Ḥasan al-Bakrī continues to be, after many centuries, a mysterious narrative, and his alleged author even more enigmatic.
Arianna Tondi
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The celebration of the Prophet’s birthday was instituted in the Muslim West during the 7th/13th century. But from the beginning it sparked a lively debate in Mālikite circles where it was first considered as a blameworthy religious innovation (bidʿa ...
Ahmed Oulddali
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From Mosques to Cafes: Muslim Youth and Mawlid Celebration in Yogyakarta
The celebration of Mawlid has sparked ongoing discussions among traditionalist and modernist Muslims. Traditionalists perceive Mawlid as a cherished tradition symbolizing joy and love for Prophet Muhammad, passed down through generations.
Muhammad Wahyudi
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Mawlid as a Musical Form in Turkish Religious Music
The term Mawlid in Islamic culture, stands for many concepts from literature to fine arts, sociological phenomena to religious services and musical practises.
Eren Köksal
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