Table of Contents

Chapter One: Moroccan Islam Observed / Chapter Two: Saints and Sultans / Chapter Three: Sharifian Sufism / Chapter Four: The Sanctuary (hurm) in Pre-colonial Morocco / Chapter Five: Sanctuary Immunity in Early Nineteenth Century Morocco / Chapter Six: Muhammad’s Birthday and the Ascendancy of the Prophet’s Lineage in Morocco / Chapter Seven: Hospitality, Charity and Legitimacy in Pre-modern Morocco / Chapter Eight: Maghribi Islam in the Mashriq / Chapter Nine: Moroccan Observers of Western Civilization / Chapter Ten: Salafi-s and Modernists in the Moroccan Nationalist Movement.

About the Author

Mohamed El Mansour is senior professor of modern history at Mohammed V University, Rabat, Morocco. He completed his doctoral studies at The School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, UK (1981) and his publications include Morocco in the Reign of Mawlay Sulayman (1990) and Morocco Before Colonialization (in Arabic, 2006).