Muslim Networks from Hajj to Hip Hop (Islamic Civilization and Muslim Networks)

Crucial To Understanding Islam Is A Recognition Of The Role Of Muslim Networks. The Earliest Networks Were Mediterranean Trade Routes That Quickly Expanded Into Transregional Paths For Pilgrimage, Scholarship, And Conversion, Each Network Complementing And Reinforcing The Others. This Volume Selects Major Moments And Key Players From The Seventh Century To The Twenty-first That Have Defined Muslim Networks As The Building Blocks For Islamic Identity And Social Cohesion. Although Neglected In Scholarship, Muslim Networks Have Been Invoked In The Media To Portray Post-9/11 Terrorist Groups. Here, Thirteen Essays Provide A Long View Of Muslim Networks, Correcting Both Scholarly Omission And Political Sloganeering. New Faces And Forces Appear, Raising Questions Never Before Asked. What Does The Fourteenth-century North African Traveler Ibn Battuta Have In Common With The American Hip Hopper Mos Def? What Values And Practices Link Muslim Women Meeting In Cairo, Amsterdam, And Atlanta? How Has Technology Raised Expectations About New Transnational Pathways That Will Reshape The Perception Of Faith, Politics, And Gender In Islamic Civilization? This Book Invokes The Past Not Only To Understand The Present But Also To Reimagine The Future Through The Prism Of Muslim Networks, At Once The Shadow And The Lifeline For The Umma, Or Global Muslim Community. Ibn Battuta's Opportunism : The Networks And Loyalties Of A Medieval Muslim Scholar / Vincent J. Cornell -- A Networked Civilization? / David Gilmartin -- The Network Metaphor And The Mosque Network In Iran, 1978-1979 / Charles Kurzman -- The Scope And Limits Of Islamic Cosmopolitanism And The Discursive Language Of The 'ulama' / Muhammad Qasim Zaman -- The Problem Of Islamic Art / Judith Ernst -- Sacred Narratives Linking Iraqui Shiite Women Across Time And Space / Tayba Hassan Al Khalifa Sharif -- The Islamic Salon : Elite Women's Religious Networks In Egypt / Samia Serageldin -- Voices Of Faith, Faces Of Beauty : Connecting American Muslim Women Through Azizah / Jamillah Karim -- Ideological And Technological Transformations Of Contemporary Sufism / Carl W. Ernst -- The Salafi Movement : Violence And The Fragmentation Of Community / Quintan Wiktorowicz -- Defining Islamic Interconnectivity / Gary Bunt -- Wiring Up : The Internet Difference For Muslim Networks / Jon W. Anderson -- A New Research Agenda : Exploring The Transglobal Hip Hop Umma / H. Samy Alim. Edited By Miriam Cooke & Bruce B. Lawrence. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 283-301) And Index. Front Cover......Page 1 Title Page......Page 6 Copyright......Page 7 Dedication......Page 8 Contents......Page 10 Foreword......Page 12 Acknowledgments......Page 14 Miriam Cooke And Bruce B. Lawrence......Page 18 Muslim Networks Asmedium Andmethod......Page 19 Muslim Networks Asmetaphor......Page 27 Muslim Networks Across Time......Page 32 Information Revolution......Page 36 Muslim Networks And Globalization......Page 41 Conclusion......Page 43 Notes......Page 45 Part I: Defining Muslim Networks ......Page 46 Vincent J. Cornell......Page 48 ‘‘Our Thing’’ I: Racketeering and Instrumentalism in theMedieval Muslim State ......Page 50 ‘‘Our Thing’’ II: The Guild of the Ulama, Protectors of Islam ......Page 57 Notes ......Page 66 David Gilmartin......Page 68 The Pakistan Movement: Networks, the State, and the Image of Community......Page 72 Conclusion......Page 83 Notes ......Page 84 Charles Kurzman......Page 86 Contested Nodes......Page 88 Disrupted Spokes......Page 90 Overturned Structure......Page 92 Lessons about Muslim Networks......Page 98 Note ......Page 100 Muhammad Qasim Zaman......Page 101 The Limits of Ibn Battuta’s Cosmopolitanism......Page 102 The Scope and Limits of a Traditional Language in the Modern World......Page 106 A New Cosmopolitan Islamic Language?......Page 118 Notes ......Page 120 Part II: Imagining Muslim Networks ......Page 122 Judith Ernst......Page 124 Figure 5.1 Sliding Domes......Page 128 Figure 5.2 Illustration from ‘‘The Awakening,’’ by Judith Ernst......Page 131 Figure 5.3 Untitled by Muhammad Eunus ......Page 137 Figure 5.4 Untitled (2003), by Muhammad Fokhrul Islam......Page 138 Figure 5.5 Bosnia (1992), by Sharifah Zuriah Aljeffri......Page 141 Figure 5.6 Palestine, by Badri Alaie......Page 143 Figure 5.7, Ascension, by Feeroozeh Golmohammadi......Page 144 Figure 5.8, Tile Pond, by Narges Rasoulzadeh Nameen......Page 145 Figure 5.9, One and a Half (1996), by Durre Ahmed......Page 146 Notes ......Page 147 Tayba Hassan Al Khalifa Sharif......Page 149 Shiite Narratives and the Framework of Religion......Page 151 Healing at the Shrines......Page 154 The Setting of Remembrance......Page 155 The Remembrance and Mourning Rites of Zaynab......Page 157 Therapeutic Narratives......Page 166 Conclusion......Page 169 Notes ......Page 170 Samia Serageldin......Page 172 The Islamization of Egyptian Society......Page 173 Islamic Salons......Page 174 The Discourse of the Veil......Page 180 The Issue of Family Law Reform Factored for Class......Page 182 Conclusion......Page 184 Notes ......Page 185 Jamillah Karim......Page 186 Azizah Confronts the Third-World Image......Page 187 ‘‘WeWere Considered Quite Radical’’: The Women behind Azizah......Page 189 Building the Network through Connected Communities......Page 192 Inside Azizah......Page 193 Azizah: Breaking Ground in the American Umma......Page 194 Creating Voice, Changing Image: From Individual to Collective Expression ......Page 195 From Image to Attitude: Contemporary and Feminist......Page 198 Muslim Women Scholars and Activists......Page 200 Azizah: Connecting across Differences......Page 202 Notes......Page 203 Part III: Tracing Muslim Networks ......Page 206 Islam, Ideology, and Sufism......Page 208 Sufism in Print......Page 210 Audio and Film......Page 217 On the Internet......Page 218 Changing Forms of Community......Page 220 Notes ......Page 223 Quintan Wiktorowicz......Page 225 The Salafi Social Movement Community......Page 226 Focus on Authentic Hadiths......Page 228 Rejection of Madhhabs......Page 229 Intramovement Conflict......Page 230 Salafis and the Afghan Experience......Page 233 Transnationalizing Jihad beyond Afghanistan......Page 235 Jihad at Home......Page 238 The Reformist Counterdiscourse on Jihad......Page 242 Conclusion......Page 248 Notes ......Page 250 Gary Bunt......Page 252 Cyber Islamic Networks after 9/11......Page 254 E-Mujahidin Networks......Page 260 The Future of Muslim Networks in a Virtual World......Page 263 Conclusion......Page 265 Notes ......Page 266 Jon W. Anderson......Page 269 Figure 12.1 Haroon Internet Café on UniversityStreet in Irbid, Jordan......Page 273 Notes ......Page 279 H. Samy Alim......Page 281 Hip Hop Texts and the Quranic Text: Structural and Symbolic Similarities ......Page 283 The Agents of the Transglobal Hip Hop Umma: Some Thoughts for Future Research ......Page 286 International Context......Page 288 Conclusion......Page 289 Notes ......Page 290 Taieb Belghazi......Page 292 Bibliography......Page 300 Contributors......Page 320 Index......Page 324 Crucial to understanding Islam is a recognition of the role of Muslim networks. The earliest networks were Mediterranean trade routes that quickly expanded into transregional paths for pilgrimage, scholarship, and conversion, each network complementing and reinforcing the others. This volume selects major moments and key players from the seventh century to the twenty-first that have defined Muslim networks as the building blocks for Islamic identity and social cohesion.Although neglected in scholarship, Muslim networks have been invoked in the media to portray post-9/11 terrorist groups. Here, thirteen essays provide a long view of Muslim networks, correcting both scholarly omission and political sloganeering. New faces and forces appear, raising questions never before asked. What does the fourteenth-century North African traveler Ibn Battuta have in common with the American hip hopper Mos Def? What values and practices link Muslim women meeting in Cairo, Amsterdam, and Atlanta? How has technology raised expectations about new transnational pathways that will reshape the perception of faith, politics, and gender in Islamic civilization? This book invokes the past not only to understand the present but also to reimagine the future through the prism of Muslim networks, at once the shadow and the lifeline for the umma, or global Muslim community.Contributors:H. Samy Alim, Duke University Jon W. Anderson, Catholic University of AmericaTaieb Belghazi, Mohammed V University, Rabat, MoroccoGary Bunt, University of Wales, Lampetermiriam cooke, Duke UniversityVincent J. Cornell, University of ArkansasCarl W. Ernst, University of North Carolina at Chapel HillJudith Ernst, Chapel Hill, North CarolinaDavid Gilmartin, North Carolina State UniversityJamillah Karim, Spelman CollegeCharles Kurzman, University of North Carolina at Chapel HillBruce B. Lawrence, Duke UniversitySamia Serageldin, Chapel Hill, North CarolinaTayba Hassan Al Khalifa Sharif, United Nations High Commission for Refugees, Egypt Quintan Wiktorowicz, Rhodes CollegeMuhammad Qasim Zaman, Brown University

Crucial to understanding Islam is a recognition of the role of Muslim networks. The earliest networks were Mediterranean trade routes that quickly expanded into transregional paths for pilgrimage, scholarship, and conversion, each network complementing and reinforcing the others. This volume selects major moments and key players from the seventh century to the twenty-first that have defined Muslim networks as the building blocks for Islamic identity and social cohesion.

Although neglected in scholarship, Muslim networks have been invoked in the media to portray post-9/11 terrorist groups. Here, thirteen essays provide a long view of Muslim networks, correcting both scholarly omission and political sloganeering. New faces and forces appear, raising questions never before asked. What does the fourteenth-century North African traveler Ibn Battuta have in common with the American hip hopper Mos Def? What values and practices link Muslim women meeting in Cairo, Amsterdam, and Atlanta? How has technology raised expectations about new transnational pathways that will reshape the perception of faith, politics, and gender in Islamic civilization?

This book invokes the past not only to understand the present but also to reimagine the future through the prism of Muslim networks, at once the shadow and the lifeline for the umma, or global Muslim community.

From Mecca to Medina, from Arabia to Senegal to Indonesia and always back to Arabia and to Mecca, this has been the spatial rhythm, the mobile trajectory of Islam over the past fifteen centuries.