The Dream in Islam : From Qur'anic Tradition to Jihadist Inspiration.
The war in the Middle East is marked by a lack of cultural knowledge on the part of the western forces, and this book deals with another, widely ignored element of Islam-the role of dreams in everyday life. The practice of using night dreams to make important life decisions can be traced to Middle E...
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Berghahn Books, Inc.,
2011.
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Table of Contents:
- Acknowledgments; Foreword: Anthropological Skepticism Encounters Dreamed Realities Following Fieldwork in Pakistan; Introduction; Chapter 1
- Context and History: Dreams as Perceived Metaphysical and Divinatory Knowledge in Islam; Chapter 2
- Methodology; Chapter 3
- Istikhara: Islamic Dream Incubation; Chapter 4
- Sufism and Dreaming; Chapter 5
- Militant Jihadist Dreaming in the Middle East and the United Kingdom; Chapter 6
- Dreams of Mullah Omar, Taliban Leader; Chapter 7
- Dream Interpretation Resources (Dictionaries) in Islam.
- Chapter 8
- A Comparison of Islamic Dream Theory and Western Psychological Theories of the DreamConclusion; Epilogue
- The Marriage of Heaven and Hell: Imagination, Creativity, and Political Agency in the Inspirational Night Dream in Islam; Glossary; References; Index.