Saints and Sheikhs in Modern Egypt

Author(s):
Hoffman, V.J.
Published
1999
Publication type
Article / Letter to editor

Abstract

Belief in the existence and powers of ‘saints’ or ‘friend of God’ (wali, pl. awliya) is pervasive throughout the Muslim world. Such individuals are often associated with Sufism, or Islamic mysticism, though the notion of human perfection probably developed first among the ShI’a.

Egypt
Date issued
1999
Language
English
Publisher
ISIM, Leiden
Is part of
ISIM Newsletter (1999), Vol. 2, no. 1, p. 19-19
hdl
1887/17158