Living Sufism : rituals in the Middle East and the Balkans /
"Sufism, the mystical tradition of Islam, is as far from the strident and often violent fundamentalist strain of the religion that has so captured world attention as it is possible to be. Sufis in all parts of the Islamic world are broad-minded, tolerant, and non-violent, their quest only to fi...
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Cairo ; New York :
American University in Cairo Press,
©2009.
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction: A Different Islam
- 1. Sufism and the Zikr
- 2. Sufi Orders
- 3. A Sufi on Sufism: interview with Sheikh Zahir
- 4. Dancing with God (Egypt)
- 5. Sitting with God (Bosnia-Herzegovina, Macedonia, Kosovo)
- 6. Standing with God Bosnia and Herzegovina)
- 7. An Iron Faith (Syria)
- 8. The Prophets Birthday (Cairo).