A comparative study of the workings of a branch of the Naqshbandi Sufi Order in Lebanon and the UK
The thesis studies two groups of the Naqshbandi Sufi Order. One is in Tripoli, north Lebanon, and has a loose membership of about 60 people. The other is based in London and has about 100 members, most of whom are Western Muslim converts. Sufism is Islamic mysticism. Sufis claim to emulate the mYbti...
Main Author: | Habibis, Daphne |
---|---|
Published: |
London School of Economics and Political Science (University of London)
1985
|
Subjects: | |
Online Access: | http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.281924 |
Similar Items
-
Surat va Ma'na : an examination of the central thesis of Jalal al-Din Rumi's Masnavi-ye Ma'navi
by: Hamid-Khani, Saeed
Published: (2001) -
The Halveti-Jerrahi : a Sufi order in modern Turkey
by: Buckley, Robert J.
Published: (1992) -
Naqshbandi Sufis in a western setting
by: Atay, Tayfun
Published: (1994) -
Aspects of Sufi-orientated religious reform in modern Egypt, with special reference to the Muhammadiyyah Shadhuliyyah Order
by: Johansen, Julian E. A.
Published: (1991) -
Unity and diversity: intentional multidimensionality in Persian Sufi language and the method of decoding it
by: Gudmar Aneer
Published: (1999-02-01)