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    ‘Travellers in Faith’ or ‘Stealthy Legions’: The Gurāgē Role in the Rise of Tablīghī Jamā‘at in Ethiopia
    ‘Travellers in Faith’ or ‘Stealthy Legions’: The Gurāgē Role in the Rise of Tablīghī Jamā‘at in Ethiopia
    ‘Travellers in Faith’ or ‘Stealthy Legions’: The Gurāgē Role in the Rise of Tablīghī Jamā‘at in Ethiopia
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    ‘Travellers in Faith’ or ‘Stealthy Legions’: The Gurāgē Role in the Rise of Tablīghī Jamā‘at in Ethiopia

    By Worku Hailemariam Mohammed

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    The Tablīghī Jamā‘at are an Islamic preaching movement in Ethiopia. This work explains the growth of Islam in Ethiopia in general and the Tablīghī Jamā‘at as an Islamic movement for faith renewal in particular. The majority view considers the movement as ‘Travellers in Faith’, a pietistic faith renewal, and peaceful movement with an apolitical position, whereas the minority views the Tablīghī Jamā‘at as ‘Stealthy Legions’, connected with terrorism and politics. The research shows that even though it is a transnational movement, Tablīghī Jamā‘at in Ethiopia manifests local identity and also maintains global connections, relevant to the current debate on faith and politics.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherRegnum Books International
    Release dateMar 18, 2024
    ISBN9781917059039
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      ‘Travellers in Faith’ or ‘Stealthy Legions’ - Worku Hailemariam Mohammed

      ‘Travellers in Faith’ or

      ‘Stealthy Legions’

      About the Author

      Worku Hailemariam Mohammed was born in 1962 in Addis Ababa, grew up in an Orthodox Christian family until the end of his high school years and in 1980 converted to Protestant evangelical Christianity. His mother, Jämanäšï, was born in Addis Ababa. Her mother was an Orthodox Christian and her father was a Muslim who later converted to Christianity. On his father’s side, Worku’s grandparents also had a mixed Orthodox-Muslim marriage and his father, brought up as a Muslim, converted to Christianity after marrying Worku’s mother.

      Worku trained as a cartography technician and is now a theologian who teaches Islamic courses and Qur’ānic Arabic at theological colleges in Addis Ababa where he lives. He is married with three sons and one granddaughter.

      ‘Travellers in Faith’ or

      ‘Stealthy Legions’

      The Gurāgē Role in the Rise of Tablīghī Jamā‘at in Ethiopia

      Worku Hailemariam

      Mohammed

      Copyright © Worku Hailemariam Mohammed 2024

      First published 2024 by Regnum Books International

      This book is an abridged version of the author’s PhD thesis, ethnographic research which deals with the Tablīghī Jamā‘at, an Islamic preaching movement in Ethiopia.

      Regnum is an imprint of the Oxford Centre for Mission Studies

      St. Philip and St. James Church

      Woodstock Road, Oxford OX2 6HR, UK

      www.regnumbooks.net

      The right of Worku Hailemariam Mohammed to be identified as the Author of this Work has been asserted by him in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988.

      All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electric, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without the prior permission of the publisher or a licence permitting restricted copying. In the UK such licences are issued by the Copyright Licensing Agency, 90 Tottenham Court Road, London W1P 9HE.

      British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data. A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library.

      ISBN: 978-1-917059-02-2

      Typeset in Candara by Words by Design.

      Photo by Milad Fajurian www.unsplash.com

      The publication of this volume is made possible through the financial assistance of Evangelisches Missionswerk.

      Dedication

      This research is dedicated to a very important woman in my life who left a legacy of what resilience means in living for faith.

      In loving memory of my late mother

      Jämanäšï Gebremichael Mukhtar (1924–1998)

      Tablīghīs on the move

      Contents

      Glossary of Terms

      Introduction

      Exploring Tablīghī Jamā‘at

      The Origin of Tablīghī Jamā‘at in Ethiopia

      The Gurāgēs

      Teaching, Structure and Operation of Tablīghī Jamā‘at in Ethiopia: Tablīghīs on the Move

      Ethnography of Tablīghīs’ Mobility: ‘The People of Visitation and Call to Islam (yaziyara-na yada’wa säwočï)’: The Basis of the Tablīghī Jamā’at Movement

      Locating the Ethiopian Tablīghī Jamā‘at in the Current Debate on Faith and Politics, Spirituality, Solidarity and Secretiveness of the Ethiopian Tablīghīs

      Conclusion

      Glossary of Terms

      Arabic (Ar.), Amharic (Amh.), Gurāgē (Gur.), Oromo (Or.), Hindi (Hi.), Urdu (Ur.)

      ‘ābid (Ar.) – one who performs much ‘ibāda or worship.

      ‘aqīda (Ar.) – creed, belief or tenet of faith firmly based on how things are, distinct from the testimony of faith (shahaāda).

      adab/adäbï (Ar./Amh.) – etiquette of manner.

      adab mashūra (Ar.) – etiquette of a meeting.

      adab naum (Ar.) – etiquette of sleeping.

      adab ta‘am (Ar.) – etiquette of eating.

      ‘adl (Ar.) – justice, fairness, equitableness, the mean between excess and falling short

      aḥbab (Ar.) – love/brothers.

      aḥwāl (Ar.) – progress report, condition.

      ‘ajnabi (Ar.) – foreign/not allowed to see.

      ākhira (Ar.) – the hereafter, the next world.

      akhlāq (Ar.) – ethics.

      ‘ālim (Ar.) – a man of knowledge, a scholar, especially in the sciences of Islam.

      alkhalq (Ar.) – the Creator.

      ajr (Ar.) – remuneration.

      a‘māl/ amälï (Ar./Amh.) – virtue, character.

      amarïňa (Amh.) – Amharic language.

      aräbïňa (Amh.) – Arabic language.

      Arsh (Ar.) – the Throne. It is the ceiling of all creatures and the greatest of them. The Throne contains immense expanses, height and resplendent beauty, but it is beyond the power of any human being to describe it or imagine its form. Knowledge of it is with Allāh alone. The light of the Throne is from the Light of the Noble Face of Allāh. The Throne has bearers who carry it and Allāh Almighty is settled on it, in a way that is beyond definition or concept.

      asbāb/asïbabï (Ar./Amh.) – plural of sabab, cause, means of obtaining something. Financial contribution for joining a da‘wa trip.

      ‘aṣr (Ar.) – obligatory afternoon prayer.

      ayïdärïsïmï (Amh.) – not reach/get.

      aye (Ur.) – is.

      badrī (Ar.) – someone who took part in the battle of Badr.

      balā/ bälaï (Ar./Amh.) – calamities, catastrophes.

      badliya (Ar.) – beginning.

      bano (Hi.) – be.

      bäqäräwï (Amh.) – the rest.

      barakah/bäräka (Ar./Amh.) – blessing.

      barākallāh fīk (Ar.) – may the blessings of Allāh be upon you.

      bätarikï (Amh.) – in the history.

      bayān (Ar.) – clarification, elucidation: either of the substance of a meaning in the Qur’ān or of the meaning of that substance.

      bida (Ar.) – innovation.

      bitdaruj (Ar.) – little by little, gradually.

      božä (Gur.) – god of lightning.

      däjafï (Amh.) – gate.

      dämwamitï (Gur.) – the deity concerned with the health and well- being of the Gurāgē.

      dāʿī (Ar.) – a preacher, the one who does da‘wa, a caller, Tablīghī adherent.

      daʿwa (Ar.) – a call to Islam.

      dalīl (Ar.) – proof, indication, evidence; also a guide to Muslim homes.

      deen (Ar.) – the life transaction between the Creator and created.

      dhākir (Ar.) – a person who remembers/mentions the name of Allāh.

      dhikr (Ar.) – lit. remembrance/mention. Commonly used, it means invocation of Allāh by repetition of His names or particular formulae. Forms include: dhikr al-lisān,

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