Realm of the Saint: Power and Authority in Moroccan Sufism by Vincent J. Cornell

Realm of the Saint: Power and Authority in Moroccan Sufism

Vincent J. Cornell

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In premodern Moroccan Sufism, sainthood involved not only a closeness to the Divine presence (walaya) but also the exercise of worldly authority (wilaya). The Moroccan Jazuliyya Sufi order used the doctrine that the saint was a "substitute of the ...

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