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An online publication of the AbuSulayman Center for Global Islamic Studies at George Mason University

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Resourcing Ritualization: Transference and Spiritual Sovereignty in the Islamic Tradition

By Ali Altaf Mian  //  August 10, 2026

How is the practice of religious rituals already a political act and a movement of justice? What do bodies share between themselves as they learn and convey rituals and genres? Is this mode of teaching…

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