Islam saharien : $b chez ceux qui guettent (journal d'un témoin)
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"Islam saharien : chez ceux qui guettent (journal d''un témoin)" by Jean Pommerol is a nonfiction travel journal and ethnographic account written in the early 20th century. It explores Saharan Islam—especially the Sufi confraternities (zaouïas) and their political, social, and spiritual reach—through a composite but observed narrative of a traveler taken in by a powerful order. Guided by a dubious escort and nursed by the taleb Si-Kaddour, the narrator encounters the rituals, discipline, and discreet authority of the Djazerti. The result is both first-hand reportage and a warning about the mobilizing force of religious networks across North and Central Africa. The opening of the book sets out an “Avertissement” asserting the factual basis of the narrative while admitting that names like Mozafrane and the Djazerti are composites, then argues that French conquest unintentionally catalyzed the dramatic growth and politicization of Sufi orders. It sketches the evolution from early soufi
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