Sufis

That is the essence of Islam that I meet in Sufis today, that I saw in Bawa's eyes.

Coleman Barks: Rumi's Poetry: 'All Religions, All This Singing, One Song' Coleman Barks 2010

To look at Islam without seeing the Sufis is to miss the heart of the matter.

RNB Roundup: a compendium of religion news stories 2009

That is the essence of Islam that I meet in Sufis today, that I saw in Bawa's eyes.

Coleman Barks: Rumi's Poetry: 'All Religions, All This Singing, One Song' Coleman Barks 2010

To look at Islam without seeing the Sufis is to miss the heart of the matter.

Sufism as youth culture in Morocco; under attack in Iran; counterpart of Islamic extremism 2009

Liberal Pakistanis have long extolled the Barelvis, most commonly called Sufis - some of whom practice mystical saint worship and all-night dance sessions - as reason for hope in a nation that sometimes seems to be surging toward violent fundamentalism.

In Pakistan, even anti-violence Islamic sect lauds assassination of liberal governor Karin Brulliard 2011

Bernard Lewis once called Sufis peaceful but not pacifists.

How Peaceful Is Pacifism? Emily Esfahani Smith 2009

The Sufis are the saints of Mohammedanism, they are those who aspire after the union of the individual "I" with the cosmic "I," of man with God; they are frequently endowed with wonderful powers, and their chiefs have almost always been thaumaturgists.

Reincarnation A Study in Human Evolution Th. Pascal

There is no less than a score of mystic allegorizing sects3 who reduce almost every thing in the Koran to symbol, or spiritual signification, and some of whom as the Sufis are the most rapt and imaginative of all the enthusiastic devotees in the world.

The Destiny of the Soul A Critical History of the Doctrine of a Future Life William Rounseville Alger 1863

-- After the introduction of Mohammedanism into Persia, there arose a sect of pantheistic mystics called Sufis, to which most of the

Handbook of Universal Literature From the Best and Latest Authorities Anne C. Lynch Botta 1853

The Sufis are the mystical or psycho-spiritual dimension of Islam, coming mainly from the Sunnis but also from the Shiites.

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