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Forgotten saints history, power, and politics in the making of modern Morocco

In 1894, a young Muslim mystic named Muhammad al-Kattani abandoned his life of asceticism to preach Islamic revival and jihad against the French. Through his activism, he mobilized a socially diverse coalition of Moroccans who called for resistance against French colonization. On a broader level, it...

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Main Author: Bazzaz, Sahar (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, MA Harvard University Press 2010
Series:Harvard Middle Eastern monographs
Subjects:
Kattani, Muḥammad ibn ʻAbd al-Kabir, > 1872-1909.
Political activists > Morocco > Biography.
Islamic renewal > Morocco > History.
Morocco > Politics and government.
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