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Cairene Ziyâra-Days

Frederick de Jong

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CAIRENE ZIYÂRA-DAYS * A CONTRIBUTION TO THE STUDY OF SAINT VENERATION IN ISLAM VON F. DE JONG Considering the extent and importance of the veneration of saints and related phenomena in contemporary Egypt, one cannot but be surprised that, compared to other countries, so little has been written on this subject. Within this field Arab scholars have in the main produced descriptive or narrative writings of a highly emotional nature and neglected the concomitant phenomena of veneration;' 1 European scholars have generally occupied themselves with construct- ing the evidence of continuation of Pharaonic and Christian practices associated with veneration and

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CAIRENE ZIYÂRA-DAYS * A CONTRIBUTION TO THE STUDY OF SAINT VENERATION IN ISLAM VON F. DE JONG Considering the extent and importance of the veneration of saints and related phenomena in contemporary Egypt, one cannot but be surprised that, compared to other countries, so little has been written on this subject. Within this field Arab scholars have in the main produced descriptive or narrative writings of a highly emotional nature and neglected the concomitant phenomena of veneration;' 1 European scholars have generally occupied themselves with construct- ing the evidence of continuation of Pharaonic and Christian practices associated with veneration and

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CAIRENE ZIYÂRA-DAYS * A CONTRIBUTION TO THE STUDY OF SAINT VENERATION IN ISLAM VON F. DE JONG Considering the extent and importance of the veneration of saints and related phenomena in contemporary Egypt, one cannot but be surprised that, compared to other countries, so little has been written on this subject. Within this field Arab scholars have in the main produced descriptive or narrative writings of a highly emotional nature and neglected the concomitant phenomena of veneration;' 1 European scholars have generally occupied themselves with construct- ing the evidence of continuation of Pharaonic and Christian practices associated with veneration and

Key concepts: Veneration, Islam, Narrative, SAINT, History, Power (physics), Ancient history, Traditional medicine

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