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ISIM Review, 17, Spring, 2006 ISIM, Citation ISIM,. (2006). ISIM Review, 17, Spring, 2006. Retrieved from https://hdl.handle.net/1887/10077 Version: Not Applicable (or Unknown) License: Leiden University Non-exclusive license Downloaded https://hdl.handle.net/1887/10077 from: Note: To cite this publication please use the final published version (if applicable). SPRING 2006 6 8 P A G E S [email protected] WWW.ISIM.NL 17 © AFP PHOTO/STR, 2005 Egyptians celebrating the birthday of Prophet Muhammad, Alexandria, April 2005 Popular Piety P olitics, Passion, Movements, M arkets, Leisure, Laity 6 22 26 34 Samuli Schielke Martin van Bruinessen Morgan Clarke Juan R.I. 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Pinto Utrecht University 16 Bridging Sufism and Islamism / Alix Philippon ISIM Review 17 18 The Story of a Picture: Shiite Depictions of Muhammad / Pierre Centlivres & Micheline Centlivres-Demont Spring 2006 68 Pages ISSN 1 871-4374 MUSLIM INTELLECTUALS Editorial Office 20 Approaching Modern Muslim Thought / Michiel Leezenberg Visiting Address Rapenburg 59 22 Nurcholish Madjid: Indonesian Muslim Intellectual / Martin van Bruinessen Leiden Postal Address 24 Contemporary Islam & Intellectual History / R. Michael Feener ISIM, P.O. 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Senegalese Converts to Shiite Islam / Mara Leichtman Printing Dijkman Offset, Diemen 42 Travelling with the Tablighi Jamaat in South Thailand / Ernesto Braam Coming Issue 44 The Prophet’s Path: Tablighi Jamaat in The Gambia / Marloes Janson ISIM Review 18 46 Informal Links: A Girls’ Madrasa and Tablighi Jamaat / Mareike Jule Winkelmann Deadline for Articles 15 June 2006 48 Deoband’s War on Television: Fury over a Fatwa / Yoginder Sikand Publication Date Autumn 2006 Author Guidelines MEDIA & REPRESENTATION Authors are invited to submit original 50 If only there was khul'... / Nadia Sonneveld articles to the ISIM Review for publication consideration. Articles should deal with 52 Interview Dick Douwes: Resisting Uniformity / Martijn de Koning issues relating to contemporary Muslim societies and communities from within a 54 Interview Akiedah Mohamed: Humanizing Muslims through Visual Media / Sindre Bangstad social science or humanities framework. 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The ISIM Review is free of charge. 62 Islam and the “Carriers” of European National Identities / Barbara Thériault & Frank Peter Disclaimer 63 Modern Islamic Intellectual History in Comparative Perspective / Abdulkader Tayob Responsibility for the facts and opinions 64 Rights at Home: Advanced Training Manual / Mariëtte van Beek ISIM expressed in this publication rests solely with the authors. Their views do not 65 New ISIM Book Series necessarily reflect those of the Institute or its supporters. © 2006, ISIM. All rights reserved. Nothing 66 Editors’ Picks in this publication may be reproduced 67 Arts: Without Boundary without the permission of the publisher. 68 Photo Commentary ISIM R E V I E W 1 7 / S P R I N G 2 0 0 6 3 Editorial ASEF BAYAT At times one is compelled to lay stress on what is obvious. These rituals and practices, shared largely by ordinary Muslims, And regrettably ours is such a time. Stating that matters in represent what one may term “popular piety.” They signify a fu- Islam and Muslim societies are much more complex than sion of religious sensibilities and mass culture, the sacred and what presents itself might be obvious for some, but certainly the everyday. As a cultural expression of piety, they embody a not for the general perception that is informed by a black humanized, multi-faceted, pluralistic and a concrete religios- and white