The thirteenth-century Muslim mystic and poet Jalal al-Din Rumi
(1207-1273) is a popular spiritual icon. His legacy is sustained
within the mystical and religious practice of Sufism, particularly
...through renditions of his poetry, music, and the meditation
practice of whirling. In Canada, practices associated with Rumi
have become ubiquitous in public spaces, such as museums, art
galleries, and theatre halls, just as they continue to inform
sacred ritual among Sufi communities.
The Dervishes of the North explores what practices
associated with Rumi in public and private spaces tell us about
Sufism and spirituality, including sacred, cultural, and artistic
expressions in the Canadian context. Using Rumi and contemporary
expressions of poetry and whirling associated with him, the book
captures the lived reality of Sufism through an ethnographic study
of communities in Toronto, Montreal, and Vancouver.
Drawing from conversations with Sufi leaders, whirling
dervishes, and poets, Merin Shobhana Xavier explores how Sufism is
constructed in Canada, particularly at the nexus of Islamic
mysticism, Muslim diaspora, spiritual commodity, popular culture,
and universal spirituality. Inviting readers with an interest in
religion and spirituality, The Dervishes of the North
illuminates how non-European Christian traditions, like Islam and
Sufism, have informed the religious and spiritual terrain of
Canada.
The Tijaniyya is the largest Sufi order in West and North Africa. In this unprecedented analysis of the Tijaniyya's origins and development in the late eighteenth century, Zachary Valentine Wright ...situates the order within the broader intellectual history of Islam in the early modern period. Introducing the group's founder, Ahmad al-Tijani (1737–1815), Wright focuses on the wider network in which al-Tijani traveled, revealing it as a veritable global Islamic revival whose scholars commanded large followings, shared key ideas, and produced literature read widely throughout the Muslim world. They were linked through chains of knowledge transmission from which emerged vibrant discourses of renewal in the face of perceived social and political corruption.
The Tijaniyya is the largest Sufi order in West and North Africa. In this unprecedented analysis of the Tijaniyya's origins and development in the late eighteenth century, Zachary Valentine Wright ...situates the order within the broader intellectual history of Islam in the early modern period. Introducing the group's founder, Ahmad al-Tijani (1737 - 1815), Wright focuses on the wider network in which al-Tijani traveled, revealing it as a veritable global Islamic revival whose scholars commanded large followings, shared key ideas, and produced literature read widely throughout the Muslim world. They were linked through chains of knowledge transmission from which emerged vibrant discourses of renewal in the face of perceived social and political corruption. Wright argues that this constellation of remarkable Muslim intellectuals, despite the uncertainly of the age, promoted personal verification in religious learning. With distinctive concern for the notions of human actualization and a universal human condition, the Tijaniyya emphasized the importance of the realization of Muslim identity. Since its beginnings in North Africa in the eighteenth century, the Tijaniyya has quietly expanded its influence beyond Africa, with significant populations in the Middle East, Southeast Asia, and North America.
Each religious sect has its own characteristics, whether fundamental, radical, or religious. One of them is Insan Al-Kamil Congregation, which is in Cijati, South Cikareo Village, Wado District, ...Sumedang Regency. This congregation is Sufism with the concept of self-purification as the subject of its teachings. So, the purpose of this study is to reveal how the origin of Insan Al-Kamil Congregation, the concept of its purification, and the procedures of achieving its purification. This research uses a descriptive qualitative method with a normative theological approach as the blade of analysis. In addition, the data generated is the result of observation, interviews, and document studies. From the collected data, Jamaah Insan Al-Kamil adheres to the core teachings of Islam and is the tenth regeneration of Islam Teachings, which refers to the Prophet Muhammad SAW. According to this congregation, self-perfection becomes an obligation that must be achieved by human beings in order to remember Allah when life is done. The process of self-purification is done when human beings still live in the world by knowing His God. Therefore, the peak of self-purification is called Insan Kamil.
In this article I propose that questions about the nature of contemporary Sufism, especially in Western contexts, can be addressed with further precision and nuance by shifting the focus from ...Sufism’s relationship to Islam, to its relationship to shari‘a, or Islamic law (fiqh). As very few questioned Sufism’s Islamic nature prior to the modern period, this analytical shift offers the advantage of contextualizing contemporary debates about Sufism within the much richer history of intra-Islamic difference over Sufism and shari‘a. I suggest that traditional Sufi-shari‘a conceptions, though varied in nature, can be categorized for analytical purposes as (a) juristic, (b) supersessionist, and (c) formless Sufism. I propose these terms not as archetypal categories, but rather as a tentative template for mapping Sufi approaches to the shari‘a, which can allow us to better appreciate how contemporary Western Sufi orientations towards the shari‘a reflect premodern tendencies.
In this article, we develop the intersection of Shīʿī Islamic philosophy and extraterrestrial life. We explain the view of Ḥukamā (Islamic Philosophers) and what implications it holds for asserting a ...plurality of worlds and life forms. In addition to this, we bring Shīʿī hadīth sources which also suggest the existence of other life forms outside the earth. Combining the philosophical and textual evidence, we argue that the Shīʿī school not only suggests the existence of extraterrestrial life but also provides a potential framework for possible human-extraterrestrial interactions.
The aim of this article was determining homosexual accusations attributed to Molavi and examines this
accusation based on his text’s. The methodology was Historical and content analysis and results ...showed that
special mysticism of Movlavi, contrary to its vulgar and distorted Sufism, has been able to cause mental and
excellence tranquility of people in personal and social life.
El objetivo de este artículo era determinar las acusaciones de homosexualidad atribuidas a Molavi y examina
esta acusación en función de su texto. La metodología fue la de Análisis histórico y de contenido y los
resultados mostraron que el misticismo especial de Movlavi, contrario a su sufismo vulgar y distorsionado, ha
sido capaz de causar tranquilidad mental y de excelencia a las personas en la vida personal y social.
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