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Murder in Marrakesh

Ã‰mile Mauchamp and the French Colonial Adventure

By: Jonathan G. Katz

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Murder in Marrakesh

Ã‰mile Mauchamp and the French Colonial Adventure

By: Jonathan G. Katz

In Morocco, nobody dies without a reason." -- Susan Gilson Miller, Harvard University In the years leading up to World War I, the Great Powers of Europe jostled one another for control over Morocco, the last sovereign nation in North Africa. France beat out its rivals and added Morocco to its vast colonial holdings through the use of diplomatic intrigue and undisguised force. But greed and ambition alone do not explain the complex story of imperialism in its entirety. Amid fears that Morocco was descending into anarchy, Third Republic France justified its bloody conquest through an appeal to a higher ideal. France's self-proclaimed "civilizing mission" eased some consciences but led to inevitable conflict and tragedy. Murder in Marrakesh relates the story of the early days of the French conquest of Morocco from a new perspective, that of Ã‰mile Mauchamp, a young French doctor, his compatriots, and some justifiably angry Moroccans. In 1905, the French foreign ministry sent Mauchamp to Marrakesh to open a charitable clinic. He died there less than two years later at the hands of a mob. Reviled by the Moroccans as a spy, Mauchamp became a martyr for the French. His death, a tragedy for some, created opportunity for others, and set into motion a chain of events that changed Morocco forever. As it reconstructs Mauchamp's life, this book touches on many themes -- medicine, magic, vengeance, violence, mourning, and memory. It also considers the wedge French colonialism drove between Morocco's Muslims and Jews. This singular episode and compelling human story provides a timely reflection on French-Moroccan relations, colonial pride, and the clash of civilizations.

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Indiana University Press

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0253112338

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Popular Preaching and Religious Authority in the Medieval Islamic Near East

By: Jonathan P. Berkey

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Popular Preaching and Religious Authority in the Medieval Islamic Near East

By: Jonathan P. Berkey

Islamic popular preachers and storytellers had enormous influence in defining common religious knowledge and faith in the medieval Near East. Jonathan Berkey’s book illuminates the popular culture of religious storytelling. It draws on chronicles, biographical dictionaries, sermons, and tales — but especially on a number of medieval treatises critical of popular preachers, and also a vigorous defense of them which emerged in fourteenth-century Egyptian Sufi circles. Popular preachers drew inspiration and legitimacy from the rise of Sufi mysticism, with its emphasis on internal spiritual activity and direct enlightenment, enabling them to challenge or reinforce social and political hierarchies as they entertained the masses with tales of moral edification. As these charismatic figures developed a popular following, they often aroused the wrath of scholars and elites, who resented innovative interpretations of Islam that undermined orthodox religious authority and blurred social and gender barriers. Critics of popular preachers and storytellers worried that they would corrupt their audiences’ understanding of Islam. Their defenders argued that preachers and storytellers could contribute to the consensus of the Islamic community as to what constituted acceptable religious knowledge. In the end, religious knowledge, and the definition of Islam as it was commonly understood, remained porous and flexible throughout the Middle Period, thanks in part to the activities of popular preachers and storytellers.

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University of Washington Press

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0295800984

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Dreams, Sufism, and Sainthood

The Visionary Career of Muhammad Al-Zawâwî

By: Jonathan Glustrom Katz

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Dreams, Sufism, and Sainthood

The Visionary Career of Muhammad Al-Zawâwî

By: Jonathan Glustrom Katz

Based on Muhammad al-Zawâwî's extraordinary diary of 109 dream conversations with the Prophet Muhammad, this study provides a rare, intimate view of 15th-century North African Muslim life.The study reconstructs Zawâwî's lifestory over a critical ten-year period and examines his career as a sufi in the historical context of North Africa and Mamluk Cairo. Psychological aspects of Zawâwî's religious experience are thoroughly explored.The concluding chapter provides an introduction to the role of dreams and visions in medieval Islam. Particular attention is paid to the way Zawâwî and his successors used their visions to legitimate claims to being awliya', or living saints.

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BRILL

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9004105999

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Soft Methodology and Random Information Systems

By: Miguel Concepcion Lopez-Diaz,Maria Angeles Gil,Przemyslaw Grzegorzewski,Olgierd Hryniewicz,Jonathan Lawry

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Soft Methodology and Random Information Systems

By: Miguel Concepcion Lopez-Diaz,Maria Angeles Gil,Przemyslaw Grzegorzewski,Olgierd Hryniewicz,Jonathan Lawry

The analysis of experimental data resulting from some underlying random process is a fundamental part of most scientific research. Probability Theory and Statistics have been developed as flexible tools for this analyis, and have been applied successfully in various fields such as Biology, Economics, Engineering, Medicine or Psychology. However, traditional techniques in Probability and Statistics were devised to model only a singe source of uncertainty, namely randomness. In many real-life problems randomness arises in conjunction with other sources, making the development of additional "softening" approaches essential. This book is a collection of papers presented at the 2nd International Conference on Soft Methods in Probability and Statistics (SMPS’2004) held in Oviedo, providing a comprehensive overview of the innovative new research taking place within this emerging field.

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Springer Science & Business Media

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3540444653

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Emerging Technology Platforms for Stem Cells

By: Uma Lakshmipathy,Jonathan D. Chesnut,Bhaskar Thyagarajan

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Emerging Technology Platforms for Stem Cells

By: Uma Lakshmipathy,Jonathan D. Chesnut,Bhaskar Thyagarajan

This book focuses on practical applications for using adult and embryonic stem cells in the pharmaceutical development process. It emphasizes new technologies to help overcome the bottlenecks in developing stem cells as therapeutic agents. A key reference for professionals working in stem cell science, it presents the general principles and methodologies in stem cell research and covers topics such as derivitization and characterization of stem cells, stem cell culture and maintenance, stem cell engineering, applications of high-throughput screening, and stem cell genetic modification with their use for drug delivery.

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John Wiley & Sons

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0470454911

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Dreams, Sufism, and Sainthood

The Visionary Career of Muhammad Al-Zawâwî

By: Jonathan Glustrom Katz

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The Visionary Career of Muhammad Al-Zawâwî

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Murder in Marrakesh

Murder in Marrakesh

Popular Preaching and Religious Authority in the Medieval Islamic Near East

Popular Preaching and Religious Authority in the Medieval Islamic Near East

Dreams, Sufism, and Sainthood

Dreams, Sufism, and Sainthood

Soft Methodology and Random Information Systems

Soft Methodology and Random Information Systems

Emerging Technology Platforms for Stem Cells

Emerging Technology Platforms for Stem Cells

Dreams, Sufism, and Sainthood

Dreams, Sufism, and Sainthood

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