Preaching Islamic Renewal
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Preaching Islamic Renewal

Religious Authority and Media in Contemporary Egypt

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Preaching Islamic Renewal

Religious Authority and Media in Contemporary Egypt

About this book

Preaching Islamic Renewal examines the life and work of Muhammad Mitwalli Sha'rawi, one of Egypt's most beloved and successful Islamic preachers. His wildly popular TV program aired every Friday for years until his death in 1998. At the height of his career, it was estimated that up to 30 million people tuned in to his show each week. Yet despite his pervasive and continued influence in Egypt and the wider Muslim world, Sha'rawi was for a long time neglected by academics. While much of the academic literature that focuses on Islam in modern Egypt repeats the claim that traditionally trained Muslim scholars suffered the loss of religious authority, Sha'rawi is instead an example of a well-trained Sunni scholar who became a national media sensation. As an advisor to the rulers of Egypt as well as the first Arab television preacher, he was one of the most important and controversial religious figures in late-twentieth-century Egypt. Thanks to the repurposing of his videos on television and on the Internet, Sha'rawi's performances are still regularly viewed. Jacquelene Brinton uses Sha'rawi and his work as a lens to explore how traditional Muslim authorities have used various media to put forth a unique vision of how Islam can be renewed and revived in the contemporary world. Through his weekly television appearances he popularized long held theological and ethical beliefs and became a scholar-celebrity who impacted social and political life in Egypt.

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To 
understand 
Sha‘rawi’s 
importance, 
one 
must 
look 
further 
into 
his 
thoughts, 
linguistic 
abilities, 
place 
in 
the 
history 
of 
Islamic 
tradition, 
and 
cha-
risma. 
His 
fame 
meant 
that 
he 
could 
and 
did 
voice 
his 
own 
ideas 
about 
what 
it 
meant 
to 
be 
a 
good 
Muslim 
in 
modern 
Egypt, 
and 
he 
combined 
and 
reacted 
to 
common 
problems 
through 
his 
sermons 
and 
Qur’anic 
worldview. 
Sha‘rawi’s 
ability 
to 
gain 
a 
cadre 
of 
devoted 
followers 
came 
down 
to 
his 
personalization 
of 
the 
notion 
of 
virtue, 
centering 
on 
how 
each 
individual 
relates 
to 
the 
divine 
in 
every 
moment 
of 
life. 
He 
based 
this 
idea 
on 
his 
interpretations 
of 
the 
Qur’an, 
and 
he 
presented 
those 
interpretations 
as 
representations 
of 
God’s 
thought. 
He 
therefore 
positioned 
himself 
as 
a 
uniquely 
talented 
intermediary.
muhammad 
mitwalli 
sha‘rawi 
and 
egyptian 
society 
.
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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Contents
  3. Acknowledgments
  4. Note on Transliterations and Translations
  5. Introduction: Muhammad Mitwalli Sha‘rawi: Authority and Media in Twentieth-Century Egypt
  6. 1. Muhammad Mitwalli Sha‘rawi: An Egyptian ‘Alim Preacher of His Time
  7. 2. Muhammad Mitwalli Sha‘rawi and Egyptian Society
  8. 3. Preaching as a Nexus of ‘Ulama’ Influence
  9. 4. Renewal as a Nexus of ‘Ulama’ Discursive Authority
  10. 5. Sha‘rawi’s Knowledge Hierarchy
  11. 6. Sha‘rawi and Sufism in Egypt
  12. 7. Relevance through Language Use
  13. 8. Television and the Extension of Authority
  14. Conclusion
  15. Notes
  16. Bibliography
  17. Index