%0 Journal Article
%T Sufism in Somaliland: a study in tribal Islam - I & II
%A Lewis, I. M.
%J Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London
%D 1955
%8 1956
%I The School
%C London
%@ 0041-977X
%G English
%F mo04-007
%O I. M. Lewis
%O Includes bibliographical references
%X This is a scholarly study of the Islamization of the Cushitic religion which facilitated the spread of Islam in Somaliland, and the mechanism through which the sedentary Sufi communities were assimilated into the nomadic social organization. Somali religious concepts and practices are described along with the author's theoretical discussion. Lewis, a trained anthropologist, based this study on a survey of the published literature.
%K Somalis
%K Somali
%K General character of religion
%K Missions
%U https://ehrafworldcultures.yale.edu/document?id=mo04-007
%P HRAF: 1-38  [original: 581-602  ; 145-156 ]
%[ 2022-06-27