Magic In Islam
Magic In Islam by Michael Muhammad Knight, published by Penguin on May 24, 2016, is a 256-page exploration of the intersection between magic and Islamic traditions. This book presents a historical and personal journey that challenges the common assumption that major faiths lack an occult or magical dimension. Knight delves into the practice of magic within Islam, drawing from its earliest sources to provide an accessible introduction to how magic is defined, practiced, and perceived in Muslim contexts.
Readers will find a rich examination of magical and occult practices throughout Muslim history, as well as a critical analysis of organized religion’s conventional boundaries. Magic In Islam invites readers to reconsider widely held perceptions of both Islam and magic, emphasizing the complexities that exist within these traditions. By addressing topics such as mysticism and the cultural implications of magic, this work opens a new perspective for general readers and students of religion, ultimately complicating the narrative surrounding the relationship between faith and the supernatural.
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The progenitor of “Muslim punk rock” and one of today’s freshest spiritual voices pushes back against the common assumption that the historic faiths have no occult or magical tradition in this richly learned historical and personal journey through the practice of magic in Islam.
Magic in Islam offers a look at magical and occult technologies throughout Muslim history, starting with Islam’s earliest and most canonical sources. In addition to providing a highly accessible introduction to magic as it is defined, practiced, condemned, and defended within Muslim traditions, Magic in Islam challenges common assumptions about organized religion.
Michael Muhammad Knight’s deeply original book fills a gap within existing literature on the place of magic in Islamic traditions and opens a new window on Islam for general readers and students of religion alike. In doing so, the book counters and complicates widespread perceptions of Islam, as well as of magic as it is practiced outside of European contexts.
Magic in Islam also challenges our view of “organized religions” as clearly defined systems that can be reduced to checklists of key doctrines, texts, and rules. As a result, Magic in Islam throws a monkey wrench into the conventions of the “intro to Islam” genre, threatening to flip popular notions of a religion’s “center” and “margins.”
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