Islamic Dilemmas: Reformers, Nationalists and Industrialization: The Southern Shore of the Mediterranean (Religion and Society, 25)

The series Religion and Society (RS) contributes to the exploration of religions as social systems– both in Western and non-Western societies; in particular, it examines religions in their differentiation from, and intersection with, other cultural systems, such as art, economy, law and politics. Due attention is given to paradigmatic case or comparative studies that exhibit a clear theoretical orientation with the empirical and historical data of religion and such aspects of religion as ritual, the religious imagination, constructions of tradition, iconography, or media. In addition, the formation of religious communities, their construction of identity, and their relation to society and the wider public are key issues of this series. Preface 5 Table of Contents 7 Introduction 9 Law and Reality in Modern Islam 18 Islam as a Vehicle of Protest 30 Towards an Economic Model of Virtuoso Religion 57 Militant Islam: a Historical Perspective 81 The Origin of Modern Conservatism and Islamic Fundamentalism 102 Tribal Pilgramages to Saints' Tombs in South Sinai 112 The Me c ruf of Tamjlocht or the Rite of the Bound Victim 140 The Discrediting of a Sufi Movement in Tunisia 154 Island Puritanism 177 Trajectories of Contemporary Sufism 195 The Cult of Saints in North-Western Tunisia1; An Analysis of Contemporary Pilgramage Structures 207 The Contemporary Situation of the Muslim Mystic Orders in Yugoslavia 248 The History of Religious Politics in the Lebanon 263 Aspects of the Changing Nature of Lebanese Confessional Politics: Al-Murabitun, 1958-1979 1 275 Index 1: Proper Names 293 Index 2: Subject Matter 305 Index 3: Foreign Words 322 Since I have not done recent extensive fieldwork in the Middle East, I shall try to present a more general comparative paper. No detailed description available for'Islamic Dilemmas: Reformers, Nationalists and Industrialization'.