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Sufism and Politics in Morocco

Presenting a political history and sociology of Moroccan Sufism from colonialism to the modern day, this book studies the Sufi model of Master and Disciple in relation to social and political life, comparing the different eras of acquiescent versus dissident Sufism.

This comparative fieldwork study offers new perspectives on the connection between the monarchy and mystic realms with specific coverage of the Boutchichi order and Abdessalam Yassines Al Adl Wal Ihsane, examining the myth of apolitical Sufism throughout the Middle East and North Africa (MENA). Drawing on Michel Foucault and James Scott, this book fuses thinking about the political dimension of Sufism, a hidden transcript, involving power struggles, patronage and justice, and its esoteric spiritual ethics of care.

Addressing the lacuna in English language literature on the Boutchichi Sufi order in Morocco, this book will be of interest to students and scholars of Islamic Studies, Comparative Politics, and the MENA region.

Dr. Abdelilah Bouasria received his PhD in political science from American University in Washington, DC and is an Adjunct Lecturer of Middle Eastern politics at George Mason University, VA. He is the author of Master and Disciple (2007) and Kingdom of Drought (2006), and the co-editor of Lost in Translation: Forgotten Paradigms of the Arab Spring (in press).

Routledge Studies in Middle Eastern Democratization and Government

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This series examines new ways of understanding democratization and government in the Middle East. The varied and uneven processes of change occurring in the Middle Eastern region can no longer be read and interpreted solely through the prism of Euro-American transitology. Seeking to frame critical parameters in light of these new horizons, this series instigates reinterpretations of democracy and propagates formerly subaltern, narratives of democratization. Reinvigorating discussion on how Arab and Middle Eastern peoples and societies seek good government, Routledge Studies in Middle Eastern Democratization and Government provides tests and contests of old and new assumptions.

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6 Sufism and Politics in Morocco

Activism and Dissent

Abdelilah Bouasria

Sufism and Politics in Morocco

Activism and Dissent

Abdelilah Bouasria

First published 2015

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2015 Abdelilah Bouasria

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Buasriyah, Abd al-Ilah.

Sufism and politics in Morocco : activism and dissent / Abdelilah Bouasria.

pages cm. (Routledge studies in Middle Eastern democratization and government)

Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. SufismMorocco. 2. SufismSocial aspectsMorocco. 3. SufismPolitical aspectsMorocco. I. Title.

BP188.8.M6B78 2014

297.40964dc23

2014016037

ISBN: 978-1-138-77611-1 (hbk)

ISBN: 978-1-315-77344-5 (ebk)

To my parents, whose unconditional love and financing made me believe that I could close it;

To my wife Paula, whose greatness, sweetness, and love are so huge that no word could fit;

To my sister, whose nightly chats made my home-run a base hit;

To Sidi Hamza, my Sufi master, who taught me how dreams are sets of olives without a single pit;

To Abdessalam Yassine, Shams of his Rumi, who let go because he loved, staying in the interstice when he split;

To my guardian angel, Mahjuba, whose invisible hand in Gods hills of adversity proved to be a candle in darkness lit;

To my departed grandmother Habiba, the lady who set up her footprints in a gender-blind world with a substances wit;

To all those spiritual seekers willing to be cooked in the Dervish fire along remarkable saints who, when instance comes, they quit;

To be silent or loud are but two faces of the same tongue, for what difference is there between vitriolic chatter and a cowards muted skit?

The system of transcription and transliteration used in this book has been chosen for its simplicity and accuracy to represent spoken Moroccan Arabic and Modern Standard Arabic in readable form for an English-speaking audience. The symbols used for vowels and consonants are an adaptation of the IJMES transliteration system with some variants. It goes as shown in .

Table 0.1 Transcription system of Arabic symbols

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Transliterated English	Arabic
Th
J
Dh
glottal stop
b
kh
D
T
G
K
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