Prosperity and Qadiriya rivalry initially blocked Sheikh Muhammad’s jihad call

Evidence

At first there was considerable resistance to his call, especially on the part of the Qadiriya who resented Sheikh Muhammad’s messianic claims for the Salihiya, and his implication that their Order – whose founder had died so long ago – was no longer endowed with spiritual life and vigour. At the same time, under the new and very modest British rule of the coast, commerce was flourishing (some 70,000 head of sheep were being exported annually to Aden) and many of the traders and merchants of Berbera consequently were too content with their prosperity and too intent on improving it further to listen to Sheikh Muhammad’s uncompromising message. — I.M. Lewis, I. M. Lewis, A Modern History of the Somali_ Nation…, 207

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: The Ahmadiya reformist order rivaled the older Qadiriya by 1900.; The Qadiriya and Ahmadiya orders divided Somali religious affiliation by 1900 — I.M. Lewis, I. M. Lewis, A Modern History of the Somali_ Nation…, 198; Somali inter-order religious rivalry weakened the Dervish national cause

Related

• The Ahmadiya reformist order rivaled the older Qadiriya by 1900. (similarity 0.89)
• The Qadiriya and Ahmadiya orders divided Somali religious affiliation by 1900 (similarity 0.87)
• The militant Salihiya order provided the banner for Muhammad Abdille Hassan’s anti-colonial campaign. (similarity 0.81)

Broader Connections

• Somali inter-order religious rivalry weakened the Dervish national cause #expands (0.70)