Pilgrimage to a Ritual: The Fluid Sacred Geography of the Bohras’ Muharram

Masoudi Nejad, Reza

Abstract

In this article, the author challenges the stereotypical definition of pilgrimage as a journey to a shrine or place of religious importance and shows how Dawoodi Bohras make a pilgrimage to wherever their spiritual leader chooses to deliver his Muharram sermons. Drawing on his ethnography among this religious group, he elucidates how the rituals around a yearly religious ritual shaped the annual pilgrimage of an Indian religious group.

Citation

Masoudi Nejad, R. (2019). Pilgrimage to a Ritual: The Fluid Sacred Geography of the Bohras’ Muharram. In B. Rahimi, & P. Eshaghi (Eds.), Muslim Pilgrimage in the Modern World (240-257). The University of North Carolina Press. https://doi.org/10.5149/northcarolina/9781469651460.003.0012

• Publication Date: Jun 1, 2019
• Deposit Date: Apr 20, 2024
• Pages: 240-257
• Series Title: Islamic Civilization and Muslim Networks
• Series ISSN: 2691-9516
• Book Title: Muslim Pilgrimage in the Modern World
• ISBN: 9781469651460
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.5149/northcarolina/9781469651460.003.0012
• Related Public URLs: https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.5149/9781469651484_rahimi.15