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Handbook of Islamic Sects and Movements
Series: - Brill Handbooks on Contemporary Religion, Volume: 21
The Handbook of Islamic Sects and Movements offers a multinational study of Islam, its variants, influences, and neighbouring movements, from a multidisciplinary range of scholars. These chapters highlight the diversity of Islam, especially in its contemporary manifestations, as a religion of many communities, theologies, and ideologies. Over five sections—on Sunni, Shia, Sufi, fundamentalist, and fringe Islamic movements—the authors provide historical overviews, analyses, and in-depth studies of large and small Islamic and related groups from all around the world. The contents of this volume will be of interest to both newcomers to the study of Islam and established scholars of religion who wish to engage with the dynamic label of Islam and the many impactful movements of the Islamic world.
Muhammad Afzal Upal, PhD (Computer Science, University of Alberta, 1999), is Professor at the University of Wisconsin, Platteville, USA, and researches cognitive science of religion. He is author of Moderate Fundamentalists: Ahmadiyya Muslim Jama’at in the Lens of Cognitive Science of Religion (De Gruyter Open, 2017).
Carole M. Cusack, PhD (Studies in Religion, University of Sydney, 1996), is Professor of Religious Studies at the University of Sydney, Australia, and researches contemporary religious trends and new religious movements. She is author of Invented Religions: Imagination, Fiction and Faith (Ashgate, 2010).
Contributors are: Fathie A. Abdat, Kaarina Aitamurto, Meerim Aitkulova, Victoria Arakelova, Jon Armajani, Shaul Bartal, Jonah Blank, Steven J. Childs, Edward E. Curtis iv, Carole M. Cusack, Farhad Daftary, Marta Dominguez Diaz, William Rory Dickson, Mohammad Fazlhashemi, Ron Geaves, Antoon Geels, Najam Haider, Benson Ohihon Igboin, Hisanori Kato, Rickard Lagervall, Milad Milani, Eva Nisa, Lillith Osborn, Susan J. Palmer, Zacharias P. Pieri, Emin Poljarevic, Faried F. Saenong, Yvette Talhamy, Caroline Tee, David Thurfjell, Hussam S. Timani, Muhammad Afzal Upal, and Joas Wagemakers.
Carole M. Cusack, PhD (Studies in Religion, University of Sydney, 1996), is Professor of Religious Studies at the University of Sydney, Australia, and researches contemporary religious trends and new religious movements. She is author of Invented Religions: Imagination, Fiction and Faith (Ashgate, 2010).
Contributors are: Fathie A. Abdat, Kaarina Aitamurto, Meerim Aitkulova, Victoria Arakelova, Jon Armajani, Shaul Bartal, Jonah Blank, Steven J. Childs, Edward E. Curtis iv, Carole M. Cusack, Farhad Daftary, Marta Dominguez Diaz, William Rory Dickson, Mohammad Fazlhashemi, Ron Geaves, Antoon Geels, Najam Haider, Benson Ohihon Igboin, Hisanori Kato, Rickard Lagervall, Milad Milani, Eva Nisa, Lillith Osborn, Susan J. Palmer, Zacharias P. Pieri, Emin Poljarevic, Faried F. Saenong, Yvette Talhamy, Caroline Tee, David Thurfjell, Hussam S. Timani, Muhammad Afzal Upal, and Joas Wagemakers.
Notes on Contributors
Introduction: Islamic Sects and Movements
Carole M. Cusack and M. Afzal Upal
Introduction to Part 1
1 Sectarianism in Sunnī Islam
Ronald Geaves
2 Tablīghī Jamāʿat
Zacharias Pieri
3 The Muslim Brotherhood
Rickard Lagervall
4 The Gülen Movement: Between Turkey and International Exile
Caroline Tee
5 The Islam Nusantara Movement in Indonesia
Hisanori Kato
6 Nahdlatul Ulama (NU): A Grassroots Movement Advocating Moderate Islam
Faried F. Saenong
7 Women and Islamic Movements
Eva Nisa
Introduction to Part 2
8 Imāmiyya Shīʿa (The Twelvers)
Mohammad Fazlhashemi
9 Zaydism
Najam Haider
10 The Ismāʿīlīs and Their Traditions
Farhad Daftary
11 The Dāʾūdī Bohras (Mustaʿlī Ismāʿīlī Shīʿa)
Using Modernity to Institutionalise a Fāṭimid Tradition
Jonah Blank
12 The Alevīs and ʿAlawīs
Yvette Talhamy
13 The Heyʾati Movement
Charismatic Preachers, Politics and Youth Culture
David Thurfjell
Introduction to Part 3
14 The Citadel of Salafism
Joas Wagemakers
15 The Taliban
Jon Armajani
16 Ḥamās: The Islamic Resistance Movement
Shaul Bartal
17 Hizb ut-Tahrir: Dreaming of Caliphate
Meerim Aitkulova
18 Ungoverned or Alternatively Governed Spaces in North-Eastern Nigeria
A Critical Exploration of Boko Haram’s Ideological Motif
Benson O. Igboin
19 From Identity to Militancy: The Shīʿa of Hezbollah
Steven Childs
20 The Faizrakhmanisty: The Islamic Sect as a Social Problem in Russia
Kaarina Aitamurto
21 Theology of Violence-oriented Takfirism as a Political Theory: The Case of the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS)
Emin Poljarevic
Introduction to Part 4
22 Ṣūfism
Marta Dominguez Diaz
23 Javād Nūrbakhsh and the Niʿmatullāhī ‘Khaniqahi’ Order
Milad Milani
24 Subud: An Indonesian Interpretation of Ṣūfism
Antoon Geels
25 René Guénon and Traditionalism
William Rory Dickson
26 Ṣūfism and the Gurdjieff ‘Work’: A Contested Relationship
Carole M. Cusack
Introduction to Part 5
27 The Cultural Genetics of the Aḥmadiyya Muslim Jamāʿat
M. Afzal Upal
28 The Nation of Islam
Edward E. Curtis IV
29 The Moorish Science Temple of America
Fathie Ali Abdat
30 The Ansaaru Allah Community
Susan J. Palmer
31 The Druze
Hussam S. Timani
32 Yezidism
Victoria Arakelova
33 The Bahāʾī Faith
Lil Osborn
Index
Introduction: Islamic Sects and Movements
Carole M. Cusack and M. Afzal Upal
Part 1: Sunnī Traditions
Introduction to Part 1
1 Sectarianism in Sunnī Islam
Ronald Geaves
2 Tablīghī Jamāʿat
Zacharias Pieri
3 The Muslim Brotherhood
Rickard Lagervall
4 The Gülen Movement: Between Turkey and International Exile
Caroline Tee
5 The Islam Nusantara Movement in Indonesia
Hisanori Kato
6 Nahdlatul Ulama (NU): A Grassroots Movement Advocating Moderate Islam
Faried F. Saenong
7 Women and Islamic Movements
Eva Nisa
Part 2: Shīʿa Traditions
Introduction to Part 2
8 Imāmiyya Shīʿa (The Twelvers)
Mohammad Fazlhashemi
9 Zaydism
Najam Haider
10 The Ismāʿīlīs and Their Traditions
Farhad Daftary
11 The Dāʾūdī Bohras (Mustaʿlī Ismāʿīlī Shīʿa)
Using Modernity to Institutionalise a Fāṭimid Tradition
Jonah Blank
12 The Alevīs and ʿAlawīs
Yvette Talhamy
13 The Heyʾati Movement
Charismatic Preachers, Politics and Youth Culture
David Thurfjell
Part 3: Fundamentalisms and Extremists
Introduction to Part 3
14 The Citadel of Salafism
Joas Wagemakers
15 The Taliban
Jon Armajani
16 Ḥamās: The Islamic Resistance Movement
Shaul Bartal
17 Hizb ut-Tahrir: Dreaming of Caliphate
Meerim Aitkulova
18 Ungoverned or Alternatively Governed Spaces in North-Eastern Nigeria
A Critical Exploration of Boko Haram’s Ideological Motif
Benson O. Igboin
19 From Identity to Militancy: The Shīʿa of Hezbollah
Steven Childs
20 The Faizrakhmanisty: The Islamic Sect as a Social Problem in Russia
Kaarina Aitamurto
21 Theology of Violence-oriented Takfirism as a Political Theory: The Case of the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS)
Emin Poljarevic
Part 4: Ṣūfism and Its Influences
Introduction to Part 4
22 Ṣūfism
Marta Dominguez Diaz
23 Javād Nūrbakhsh and the Niʿmatullāhī ‘Khaniqahi’ Order
Milad Milani
24 Subud: An Indonesian Interpretation of Ṣūfism
Antoon Geels
25 René Guénon and Traditionalism
William Rory Dickson
26 Ṣūfism and the Gurdjieff ‘Work’: A Contested Relationship
Carole M. Cusack
Part 5: In Between and on the Fringes of Islam
Introduction to Part 5
27 The Cultural Genetics of the Aḥmadiyya Muslim Jamāʿat
M. Afzal Upal
28 The Nation of Islam
Edward E. Curtis IV
29 The Moorish Science Temple of America
Fathie Ali Abdat
30 The Ansaaru Allah Community
Susan J. Palmer
31 The Druze
Hussam S. Timani
32 Yezidism
Victoria Arakelova
33 The Bahāʾī Faith
Lil Osborn
Index
This book will be of interest to students of varying levels as well as scholars of differing disciplinary backgrounds who wish to learn more about the numerous religious, political, global, and communal movements that come under the umbrella of Islam.