The Influence of Animism on Islam (1920) - Page 15

CHAPTER		PAGE
I	ISLAM AND ANIMISM	1
II	ANIMISM IN THE CREED AND THE USE OF THE ROSARY	21
III	ANIMISTIC ELEMENTS IN MUSLIM PRAYER	43
IV	HAIR, FINGER-NAILS AND THE HAND	66
V	THE 'AQIQA 'Aqiqa: An Islamic tradition of animal sacrifice performed upon the birth of a child. SACRIFICE	87
VI	THE FAMILIAR SPIRIT OR QARINA Qarina: A spirit or "double" believed in folk tradition to accompany every human being.	107
VII	JINN Jinn: Supernatural creatures in early Arabian and later Islamic mythology and theology.	125
VIII	PAGAN PRACTICES IN CONNECTION WITH THE PILGRIMAGE	146
IX	MAGIC AND SORCERY	163
X	AMULETS, CHARMS AND KNOTS	186
XI	TREE, STONE AND SERPENT WORSHIP	208
XII	THE ZAR: EXORCISM OF DEMONS Zar: A form of spirit possession and exorcism ritual practiced in parts of North Africa and the Middle East.	227

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