Books by Scott Kugle

Against the sweeping backdrop of South Asian history, this is a story of journeys taken by sixteenth-century reformist Muslim scholars and Sufi mystics from India to Arabia. At the centre is the influential Sufi scholar Shaykh Ali Muttaqi and his little-known network of disciples.

Examines the authority of saints in Islam and their ability to build communities among Muslims in North Africa. This book analyzes the power generated in religious communities through their allegiance to saints, a power usually identified with the term "Sufism."