The first overview of historical and contemporary aspects of the true dream tradition in Islam. Covers: Sufism and dreaming; Islamic dream Incubation (Istikhara); militant Jihadist inspiration through dreams including al-Qaeda and Taliban leaders such as bin Laden and Mullah Omar; comparison of western and islamic dream interpretation and more. Develops an integrative theory of Islam based upon historical and contemporary Muslim orientation to the night dream and its role in revelation.
The first overview of historical and contemporary aspects of the true dream tradition in Islam. Covers: Sufism and dreaming; Islamic dream Incubation (Istikhara); militant Jihadist inspiration through dreams including al-Qaeda and Taliban leaders such as bin Laden and Mullah Omar; comparison of western and islamic dream interpretation and more. Develops an integrative theory of Islam based upon historical and contemporary Muslim orientation to the night dream and its role in revelation.
Iain R. Edgar is a Social Anthropologist at the University of Durham, UK. He is the author of Dreamwork, Anthropology and the Caring Professions (Avebury 1995) and Guide to Imagework: Imagination-based Research Methods (Routledge 2004); and coeditor of the Anthropology of Welfare (Routledge 1998), Learning Fields volume I: Educational Histories of European Social Anthropology (Berghahn 2003) and Learning Fields volume II: Current Policies and Practices in European Social Anthropology Education (Berghahn 2004).
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Acknowledgements Glossary Foreword: Anthropological scepticism encounters dreamt realities following fieldwork in Pakistan Dr. Steve Lyon Ethnographic case studies from Pakistan Feeding people Dreaming of the Qur'an Assumptions of validity and meaningfulness Conclusion: the justificatory and motivational Power of dreams Introduction Chapter 1. context and history Dreams as perceived metaphysical and divinatory knowledge in Islam Dream Interpretation in Islam The True dream across cultures Promised land dreams in Palestine and Kosovo Significance of night dreams to Muslims in general Chapter 2. Methodology Methodological issues in dream work Methods Used in this Book: An Oversight Sources studied: primary and secondary Conclusion Chapter 3. Istikhara: Islamic dream incubation Case study from Sarajevo, Bosnia Conclusion Chapter 4. Sufism and dreams Ethnographic study of dreaming in a UK Sufi centre The sunday evening Zikr Shaykh Nazim in Northern Cyprus Chapter 5. Militant jihadist dreaming in the Middle East and the UK The patterns and threads running through Jihadist dream interpretation Their understanding of dreams Legitimating function Connection to the Golden Age of Islam Focus on manifest content of dreams Dreams interpreted as world is interpreted Dreams and events related Dreams, politics and warfare Dreams of al-Qaeda Osama bin Laden Zacarias Moussaoui Richard Reid Al-Zarqawi and other Iraqi Martyrs Dreams of other Jihadists Pakistani relations Guantanamo Bay A dream of a dead Mujahideen Chapter 6. Dreams of Mullah Omar, Taliban Leader Discussion and contextualisation Conclusions to chapters three and four regarding jihadists' Dream Reports Chapter 7. Dream Interpretation Resources (dictionaries) in Islam Features of dream interpretation Range of sources studied Ibn Sirin A.D. 653-728 A.H. (2000) Dreams and their meaning in the old Arab tradition: Yehia Gouda Dream Interpretation according to the Qur'an and the Sunnah: Dr. Abu Ameenah Bilal Phillips * Sunnah Hadith interpretations * Word interpretation * Legislative and general dreams Legislative and general dreams: Authentic Interpretation of the Dreams according to the Qur'an and Sunnah: Ahmeed Farid The Dreamer's handbook: sleep etiquette and dream interpretation in the light of the Sunnah: Muhammad Al-Jibaly Conclusion concerning the principles of Islamic dream interpretation practice Chapter 8. A Comparison of Islamic Dream Theory and Western Psychological Theories of the Dream Conclusion Conclusion: the night dream as the poor man's prophecy! Conclusions re Jihadist dream reports The Imaginative Commonality of Islam Epilogue: The Marriage of Heaven and Hell: Imagination, creativity, and political agency in the inspirational night dream in Islam Elisabeth Kirtsoglou
Acknowledgements Glossary Foreword: Anthropological scepticism encounters dreamt realities following fieldwork in Pakistan Dr. Steve Lyon Ethnographic case studies from Pakistan Feeding people Dreaming of the Qur'an Assumptions of validity and meaningfulness Conclusion: the justificatory and motivational Power of dreams Introduction Chapter 1. context and history Dreams as perceived metaphysical and divinatory knowledge in Islam Dream Interpretation in Islam The True dream across cultures Promised land dreams in Palestine and Kosovo Significance of night dreams to Muslims in general Chapter 2. Methodology Methodological issues in dream work Methods Used in this Book: An Oversight Sources studied: primary and secondary Conclusion Chapter 3. Istikhara: Islamic dream incubation Case study from Sarajevo, Bosnia Conclusion Chapter 4. Sufism and dreams Ethnographic study of dreaming in a UK Sufi centre The sunday evening Zikr Shaykh Nazim in Northern Cyprus Chapter 5. Militant jihadist dreaming in the Middle East and the UK The patterns and threads running through Jihadist dream interpretation Their understanding of dreams Legitimating function Connection to the Golden Age of Islam Focus on manifest content of dreams Dreams interpreted as world is interpreted Dreams and events related Dreams, politics and warfare Dreams of al-Qaeda Osama bin Laden Zacarias Moussaoui Richard Reid Al-Zarqawi and other Iraqi Martyrs Dreams of other Jihadists Pakistani relations Guantanamo Bay A dream of a dead Mujahideen Chapter 6. Dreams of Mullah Omar, Taliban Leader Discussion and contextualisation Conclusions to chapters three and four regarding jihadists' Dream Reports Chapter 7. Dream Interpretation Resources (dictionaries) in Islam Features of dream interpretation Range of sources studied Ibn Sirin A.D. 653-728 A.H. (2000) Dreams and their meaning in the old Arab tradition: Yehia Gouda Dream Interpretation according to the Qur'an and the Sunnah: Dr. Abu Ameenah Bilal Phillips * Sunnah Hadith interpretations * Word interpretation * Legislative and general dreams Legislative and general dreams: Authentic Interpretation of the Dreams according to the Qur'an and Sunnah: Ahmeed Farid The Dreamer's handbook: sleep etiquette and dream interpretation in the light of the Sunnah: Muhammad Al-Jibaly Conclusion concerning the principles of Islamic dream interpretation practice Chapter 8. A Comparison of Islamic Dream Theory and Western Psychological Theories of the Dream Conclusion Conclusion: the night dream as the poor man's prophecy! Conclusions re Jihadist dream reports The Imaginative Commonality of Islam Epilogue: The Marriage of Heaven and Hell: Imagination, creativity, and political agency in the inspirational night dream in Islam Elisabeth Kirtsoglou
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