Abstract
Regardless of the doctrinal position of official Islam, Muslims in most places practice customs combining features of official Islam and features of traditional patterns. The worship of Bilikisu Sungbo in Yorubaland is a case in point: She is a composite of features from the Biblical account of the Queen of Sheba, the Qur'ānic account of Bilqis (the same historic personage), and a Yoruba ancestress whose tomb is a shrine for Muslims, Christians, and pagans alike.
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