The perils of joy : contesting mulid festivals in contemporary Egypt / Samuli Schielke.

Mulids, festivals in honor of Muslim "friends of God," have been part of Muslim religious and cultural life for close to a thousand years. While many Egyptians see mulids as an expression of joy and love for the Prophet Muhammad and his family, many others see them as opposed to Islam, an...

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Online Access:	Full Text (via ProQuest)
Main Author:	Schielke, Joska Samuli
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Syracuse, N.Y. : Syracuse University Press, 2012.
Series:	Contemporary issues in the Middle East.
Subjects:	Mawlid al-Nabī > Egypt. Fasts and feasts > Islam. Mawlid al-Nabī. Egypt.