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When referring to this thesis, full bibliographic details including the author, title, awarding i... more When referring to this thesis, full bibliographic details including the author, title, awarding institution and date of the thesis must be given e.g. AUTHOR (year of submission) "Full thesis title", name of the School or Department, PhD Thesis, pagination.
Journal of Shi'a Islamic Studies, 2016
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Sufism (Tasawwuf) in the West is often portrayed in the visual media as exotic. The members (murī... more Sufism (Tasawwuf) in the West is often portrayed in the visual media as exotic. The members (murīds) of the Mevlevi Tariqah in Texas are pictured whirling in meditation as their teacher did centuries before (Naim 2005), dramatic images of men moving to the pulse of dhikr (remembrance) show Sufis in Macedonia (Biegman 2007), and smiling men wearing turbans with long white beards often depict the Naqshibandi Tariqah. The extraordinary and unusual practices are emphasized by the visual media, resulting in the sense that Sufism is a non-Western tradition at odds with modern rationality. It gives little indication of why Westerners would join a Sufi tariqah other than as an escape from normative culture. 1 Sufism is generally described as 'Islamic mysticism' (Schimmel 1975, 3) or the 'heart of
... Alfred A. Knopf, 2000), 3-4, 6. 24 Johan Galtung, Peace by Peaceful Means: Peace and Conflict... more ... Alfred A. Knopf, 2000), 3-4, 6. 24 Johan Galtung, Peace by Peaceful Means: Peace and Conflict, Development and Civilization (Oslo: International Peace Research Institute, 1996), 9. 25 Abdul Karim Bangura, Islamic Peace Paradigms (Dubuque, Iowa: Kendall/Hunt Publishing ...
When referring to this thesis, full bibliographic details including the author, title, awarding i... more When referring to this thesis, full bibliographic details including the author, title, awarding institution and date of the thesis must be given e.g. AUTHOR (year of submission) "Full thesis title", name of the School or Department, PhD Thesis, pagination.
Journal of Shi'a Islamic Studies, 2016
soas.ac.uk
Sufism (Tasawwuf) in the West is often portrayed in the visual media as exotic. The members (murī... more Sufism (Tasawwuf) in the West is often portrayed in the visual media as exotic. The members (murīds) of the Mevlevi Tariqah in Texas are pictured whirling in meditation as their teacher did centuries before (Naim 2005), dramatic images of men moving to the pulse of dhikr (remembrance) show Sufis in Macedonia (Biegman 2007), and smiling men wearing turbans with long white beards often depict the Naqshibandi Tariqah. The extraordinary and unusual practices are emphasized by the visual media, resulting in the sense that Sufism is a non-Western tradition at odds with modern rationality. It gives little indication of why Westerners would join a Sufi tariqah other than as an escape from normative culture. 1 Sufism is generally described as 'Islamic mysticism' (Schimmel 1975, 3) or the 'heart of
... Alfred A. Knopf, 2000), 3-4, 6. 24 Johan Galtung, Peace by Peaceful Means: Peace and Conflict... more ... Alfred A. Knopf, 2000), 3-4, 6. 24 Johan Galtung, Peace by Peaceful Means: Peace and Conflict, Development and Civilization (Oslo: International Peace Research Institute, 1996), 9. 25 Abdul Karim Bangura, Islamic Peace Paradigms (Dubuque, Iowa: Kendall/Hunt Publishing ...