THE INFLUENCE OF

ANIMISM ON ISLAM

AN ACCOUNT OF POPULAR SUPERSTITIONS

1920

BY

SAMUEL M. ZWEMER, F.R.G.S.


TABLE OF CONTENTS

PREFACE
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CHAPTER
ONE

 

  ISLAM AND ANIMISM

CHAPTER
TWO

 

  ANIMISM IN THE CREED AND THE USE OF THE ROSARY

CHAPTER
THREE

 

  ANIMISTIC ELEMENTS IN MOSLEM PRAYER

CHAPTER FOUR
 

  HAIR, FINGER-NAILS AND THE HAND

CHAPTER
FIVE

 

  THE 'AQIQA SACRIFICE

CHAPTER
SIX

 

  THE FAMILIAR SPIRIT OR QARINA

CHAPTER
SEVEN

 

  JINN

CHAPTER
EIGHT

 

  PAGAN PRACTICES IN CONNECTION WITH THE PILGRIMAGE

CHAPTER
NINE

 

  MAGIC AND SORCERY

CHAPTER
TEN

 

  AMULETS, CHARMS AND KNOTS

CHAPTER
ELEVEN

 

  TREE, STONE AND SERPENT WORSHIP

CHAPTER
TWELVE

 

  THE ZAR: EXORCISM OF DEMONS

 

 

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

The Center of the Moslem Faith

Large Incense Bowls in Mosque at Hankow, China

Interior Court of the Mosque of Al Azhar, Cairo

The Torba and Amulets

Hand-shaped Amulets

Amulets and "Lucky" Rings used in Lower Egypt

Sign on front of Chinese Muslim shop verifying the food is "Halal"

Egyptian Geomancer
Note: Steve Van Nattan- The Koran is printed with numbers and symbols on various
pages in the margins. Such a Koran is used for "cutting the Koran."
The forture teller randomly opens the Koran at any point, and the numbers
and signs in the margins are used to tell a person's fortune.

The City of Mecca

Talismans and Magical Squares from Egypt

Magic Bowl and Amulets

Ancient Amulets

Egyptian Tomb with Sacred Tree

Women and children visiting
a newly-made grave in the Moslem Cemetery, Cairo

Talismanic Medicine Cup

Muslim Amulet, China

Da'wa (Medicine) Tablet



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