Folk devotion crosses sectarian lines in the Middle East despite being labeled superstition

Evidence

In our own day superstitious Muslims are alleged to resort to the shrine of St Teresa of Lisieux in Cairo; and also the tomb of the Maronite Sharbel, at Anaya in Lebanon. Actions that would be normal for a Christian in this connection must be superstitious for a Muslim. — Norman Daniel, Islam and the West, 2312

Categorization

• CANDY: Muslims visiting a Catholic saint’s shrine is a lovely, compact, tweetable anecdote about living folk religion defying neat confessional boundaries.
• SEED: Potential essay angle: shared pilgrimage sites as quiet zones of interreligious coexistence that formal theology refuses to acknowledge.
• XREF: connects to: Local folk superstitions were mistaken for authoritative Islamic doctrine by medieval critics