Travelers' Tales in the Tablighi Jamaat

Barbara Metcalf

The ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, 2003, vol. 588, issue 1, 136-148

Abstract: The extensive Islamic missionary movement of Tablighi Jamaat, which originated in colonial India but is now worldwide, encourages participants to go out on small group tours to invite others, primarily nominal Muslims, to return to faithful adherence to Islamic teachings, above all the canonical prayer. At the conclusion of a tour, participants should report back, orally or in writing, their experiences to the mosque-based group (local, regional, or national) from which they set out. A sample of these reports, called karguzari , are the basis of this article. The reports reflect two discourses: one of jihad , in the sense of the nonmilitant “greater jihad†focused on self-discipline; and one of Sufism, embedded in the efforts of the charismatic group rather than in institutional tasawwuf .

Date: 2003
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DOI: 10.1177/0002716203588001009

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