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Definitions of commonly used Arabic terms can be found in the Glossary on pages
201 -3 .
Abduh, Muhammed, 61
Abir (mosque participant), 176-80
absolute commands (a�kam �tmiyya),
90-91 Abu Bakr, 146-48
Abu Shuqqah, Abd al-- 66n. 60, 103n.33, 11 0n.44, 111
Abu-- Lila, 8-10, 16n.25, 17 1n. 14
Afghanistan, 197 agency
and autonomy, 10-1 3, 20, 32
Butler on, 1 9-21, 162
and ethical formation, 29-3 2, 155-6 1
and ethics, 34-3 5
and fate,
173-74
and feminist theory, 6-10, 1 3-14, 1 9-20
and freedom, 1 0-12
grammar of concepts, 1 6-1 7, 34, 1 80,
1 88
multiple modalities of, 153-55, 167-68,
17 2-74, 188
and norms, 21-25, 157, 179
and power, 20
reconceptualizing, 1 4-1 5, 29-34
and resistance, 5-10, 24-25, 34-35, 175-80
Ahmed, Leila, 54n. 26, 181
ealmana , ealmiiniyya. See
secularism/ secularization
Amal (mosque participant), 156-5 7, 159
amr bil maeruf,
58-6 2
Amna (critic of the piety movement), 146-48 Aristotle
on body/soul distinction, 134n.22 on
habitus,
135-39, 1 43, 157
on potentiality, 147
on theoretical and practical wisdom, 196n.4
on virtues, 136
Aristotelian ethics, 25-26, 27-28
Aristotelian model of ethical formation, 13 5-
39, 143, 157, 161
Asad, Talal, 34, 11 5-16, 127-28, 148
Ashmawi, Muhammad Said, 1 60-6 1
eaura,
1 06-107
Austin, J. L., 19, 145, 161-62
authoritative sources.
See
canonical sources autonomy, 1 1-14, 148-52
communitarian critiques of, 15 0-5 2 feminist critiques of, 13-14
and freedom,
11 -14, 149-52
within liberalism, 1 1 -13, 148-5 2 procedural versus substantive, 1 1-12,
1 48-49
Ayesha mosque, 41-42, 88n. 19, 91-99 al.- zhar
lslamist intellectuals trained at, 80n. 2, 83n. 10
opposition to state policies, 75n.88, 76n.90
al,Azhar
(cant. )
Society of Muslim Ladies' affi with, 67
state control of, 64, 77
and women's
dacwa,
66, 71, 84
Badran, Margot, 69
al,Banna, Hasan, 61n.43 , 62-64, 80
Baron, Beth, 68-69
Benhabib, Seyla, 15 0-5 1
Benjamin, Walter, 113-14
biaa,
87
Boddy, Janice, 7-8 bodily form
and
habitus
136-40
of norms/virtues, 22-27, 29
and the pious self, 147-48, 1 60-6 1
and politics 1 19-20 , 122, 148-5 2 and pragmatic action, 126-28 Renaissance debates about, 134-3 5 in Romantic thought, 129n. 18
and self,formation, 12 1-22
and spontaneity, 1 28-3 1
See also
bodily practice; conventional be, havior; interiority/exteriority; ritual
bodily practice
in acquisition of modesty, 156-58, 160-6 1 creating emotion through, 157
as developable means,
148, 166
in ethical formation, 29-3 1, 12 1-22
in feminist theory, 158-60
and performativity, 162-66
See also
bodily form; conventional behav, ior; interiority/exteriority; ritual; self, formation
Bourdieu, Pierre, 26, 136, 138-39, 1 65n. IO
Brown, Wendy, 39, 196 Butler, Judith
on agency, 19, 162-67
on Bourdieu, 26n.45, 165n. IO on Foucault, 1 7-20, 22 Hollywood on, 21n.38, 162n.2 on norms, 20-23
on performativity, 1 9-21, 162-67
on power, 1 7-18
reception of, 21
reworking arguments of, 22-23, 163-67
on sex/gender, 18-21
on subject formation, 1 8-19, 161-67
canonical sources
class diff rences in use of, 82, 83 , 92-99,
1 09-10
and the concept of tradition, 116 in Islamic popular literature, 79-81
protocols of engagement with, 86-89, 1 00-1 11
See also l)ad Quran Chatterjee, Partha, 194
Christianity.
See
Protestant Christianity Christman, John, 1 1-1 2, 149
classical Islamic texts.
See
canonical sources Colebrook, Claire, 27
colonialism and Islam, 189-90 community obligations
(far4 al--kifaya),
62 Connolly, William, 33 , 38, 165n. 11
conventional behavior, 126-31, 1 46-5 2.
See
als
bodily form; bodily practice; ritual;
�alat
Cook, Michael, 59
customary versus religious acts, 53-5 7
clit
57
at Ayesha mosque, 42, 91-97, 99
controversial practices, 86-87, 93 , 95-97
emergence of, 59, 63-64 Islamist press coverage of, 71
restrictions on practice, 65-66, 71 -72, 89
measuring effectiveness
of, 86, 92
at Nafi mosque, 43 , 44-45 , 100-1 06,
140-44
as paradigmatic of Islamic Revival, 58, 63-64, 82
response to state licensing requirement, 76, 84
rhetorical styles, 41-43 , 83-86, 91-97, 99,
1 00-106, 140-44
at Umar mosque, 40-41, 45-47, 83-91, 95 ,
107-10
Zaynab al,Ghazali's legacy, 67-72
See also
dacwa;
names of
daciyat
(Hajja Asma; Hajja Faiza; Hajja Iman; Hajja Nur; Hajja Samira; Umm Faris)
dars. See
mosque lessons
dd
activities of Muslim Brothers, 63-64 and
amr bil mdruf,
58-62
al,Banna on, 62-64 classical meaning of, 57
in contemporary Egypt, 57-58, 61-64
as individual versus societal obligation, 62, 64
and kinship demands, 1 75-84
knowledge necessary for, 61
and modes of sociability, 73-76
requirements for practice of, 65
Rida on, 61-62
as space for debate, 104-6
training programs in, 66-67, 71 -72, 75,
84
women's participation in, 64-72 Zaynab al,Ghazali and, 67-72
See also
daciyat;
mosque moven1ent; proto,
cols of dissent and debate
dd iety movement, 3
critique of nationalist, identitarian posi,
tion, 11 9
politics of, 24-25, 34-35, 76-7 8, 193-94
secular,liberal project and, 73-76, 78, 152 ,
19 1-92
state regulation of, 64n. 55, 75-76
See
a
ls
o
mosque movement
43
demographics of mosque participants, 41, 42,
Derrida, Jacques, 19
domestic relations.
See
kinship relations
durus.
See
mosque lessons
education
effects on Islamic knowledge , 79-82
mosque participants' levels of, 41 -43
state,run religious institutions, 64
women's ddwa training, 66-6 7, 71 -72, 75,
84, 92
educational system challenges to piety, 10 1 -3 modernization of, 55 n.28
secularization of, 48
Egyptian state
and
amr bil mdruf,
60
regulation of dd iety movement,
64n. 55, 75-76
regulation of religion, 46-47, 64, 68, 74,
76-7 7
as secular, 76-7 8
Egyptian women's movement, 68-70, 73 embodied behavior.
See
bodily form, bodily
practice, ritual
emotion, 1 23-31, 146-47 and moral action, 140-45
and ritual, 1 23, 1 28-31, 146-47
See
also
fear of God
ethical formation, 25-35
agency in, 29, 3 2-35, 155-6 1
Aristotelian model of, 161 bodily forms in, 23 , 29, 1 60-6 1
of the mosque movement, 3 0-3 1
and politics, 32-35, 15 1-52
See
also
ethics; self,formation
ethical Islamic literature, 80-82 ethics
and agency, 34-15
Aristotelian, 25-26
and bodily form, 136-38, 14 7-48 distinguished from morals, 28
of feminist critique , 36-3 9, 195-99
Foucault's approach to, 27-31, 1 20,
1 22
Kantian, 25-26
and the mosque movement, 30-3 1
and norms, 23-27
and politics, 32-3 4, 11 9-22, 192-94
positive, 27-29
and secularism, 47-48, 192-94
exteriority.
See
bodily form; interiority/
exteriority
Fatma (mosque participant), 49-5 1, 56
fear ofGod
(khashya, khauf,
taq
and moral action, 140-45 relationship to piety, 145
as rhetorical strategy
( ta , takhwYf) ,
91,
1 40-41 , 144-45
and ritual, 1 23, 129-31, 145
female circumcision
(khitan),
debate about, 85-86
female modesty.
See
modesty female preachers. See
da
female sexuality
compared to male sexuality, 1 1 0- 12 feminist anthropology on, 11 2
in the juristic tradition, 1 06-13
and male,female interactions
(ikhtilat),
1 00-1 13
and women leading prayer, 65-66 (See also
�alat)
and women's public appearance, 106- 13