Magic In Islam Av Michael Muhammad (michael Muhammad Knight) Knight

The progenitor of "Muslim punk rock" and one of today''s freshest spiritual voices pushes back against the common assumption that the historic faiths have no occult or magical tradition in this richly learned historical and personal journey through the practice of magic in Islam.MAGIC IN ISLAM offers a look at magical and occult technologies throughout Muslim history, starting with Islam''s earliest and most canonical sources. In addition to providing a highly accessible introduction to magic as it is defined, practised, condemned and defended within Muslim traditions, MAGIC IN ISLAM challenges common assumptions about organised religion.Michael Muhammad Knight''s deeply original book fills a gap within existing literature on the place of magic in Islamic traditions and opens a new window on Islam for general readers and students of religion alike. In doing so, the book counters and complicates widespread perceptions of Islam, as well as of magic as it is practised outside of European

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