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		Sufis teach in personal groups, as the interaction of the master is considered necessary for the growth of the pupil.
		It was around 1000 CE that the early Sufi literature, in the form of manuals, treatises, discourses and poetry, became the source of Sufi thinking and meditations.
		Today, many Islamic scholars (though not all) hold Tasawwuf, in the sense of Sufi doctrines and philosophies, to be the science of the heart or gnosis (as distinct from other branches of Islamic knowledge which are exoteric in nature) and appreciate Sufis for their extensive contributions to Islamic arts and philosophy.
	encyclopedia.calendarhome.com /cgi-bin/encyclopedia.pl?p=Sufi (4112 words)

	Sufism - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Sufis believe that their teachings are the essence of every religion, and of the evolution of humanity as a whole.
		Sufis teach in personal groups, believing that the intervention of the master is necessary for the growth of the pupil.
		Some Sufis consider under the term "Nafs" the entirety of psychological processes, encompassing whole mental, emotional and volitional life; however, the majority of Quranic-based Sufis are of the opinion that Nafs is a "lower", egotistical and passionate human nature which, along with Tab (literally, physical nature), comprises vegetative and animal aspects of human life.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Sufi (3861 words)

	Encyclopedia: List of famous Sufis (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		Sufis Sheikh Muhyiddeen Abdul Qadir Gilani, Abdul Qadir al-Gilani or Abdul Qadir el-Gilani (Arabic: Ø¹Ø¨Ø¯ Ø§Ù„Ù‚Ø§Ø¯Ø± Ø§Ù„Ø¬ÙŠÙ„Ø§Ù†Ù‰); (1077 â€“ 1166 CE) was a mystic scholar and saint of Islam.
		Abu Yazid Bistami was a famous Islamic mystic and one of the earliest of the Sufis.
		Sheikh Najmeddin Kubra was a 13th century famous Persian Sufi from Khwarezmia.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/List-of-famous-Sufis (830 words)

	SUFISM vs. "SUFI-CLAIMERS" - Page 2 of 3 - SUFISM: THE METHODOLOGY OF THE TRUE SUFIS IS PART OF THE RELIGION ...
		True Sufis are people who realize the importance of the Obligatory Knowledge of the Religion and endeavor to acquire it through proper channels, i.e., through trustworthy and knowledgeable teachers.
		True Sufis are those who follow the teachings of the Messenger of Allah, his companions, and their followers.
		Those great Sufis and founders of tariqahs all taught that the proper methodology and the route to success in this life and the Hereafter is to follow the methodology and Sunnah of the Prophet.
	www.aicp.org /IslamicInformation/English/sufism02.htm (2515 words)

	Sufism (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		Sufis believe that their teachings are the essence of every religion, and indeed of the evolution of humanity as a whole.
		Although nominally not a Sufi (Suhrawardi Maqtul is the founder of Ishraqi or Illuminationist school of Islamic philosophy), his expansion and revision of rudimentary concepts early Sufis had bequeathed to their esoteric posterity played the crucial role in forming the dominant Sufi mythic cosmological Weltanschauung.
		The Sufi cosmology is not a uniform and coherent doctrine.
	hallencyclopedia.com /Sufism (2878 words)

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	Sufism
		The Sufi emphasis on intuitive knowledge and the love of God increased the appeal of Islam to the masses and largely made possible its extension beyond the Middle East into Africa and East Asia.
		Sufi brotherhoods multiplied rapidly from the Atlantic coast to Indonesia; some spanned the entire Islamic world, others were regional or local.
		The tremendous success of these fraternities was due primarily to the abilities and humanitarianism of their founders and leaders, who not only ministered to the spiritual needs of their followers but also helped the poor of all faiths and frequently served as intermediaries between the people and the government.
	mb-soft.com /believe/txo/sufism.htm (2071 words)

	Sufism - TvWiki, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		Sufis are active in a diverse range of brotherhoods and sisterhoods, with a wide diversity of thought.
		Sufis teach in personal groups, believing that the intervention of the master is necessary for the growth of the pupil.
		Today, most Muslims hold Tasawwuf, in the sense of Sufi doctrines and philosophies, to be the science of the heart or gnosis (as distinct from other branches of Islmic knowledge which are exoteric in nature) and appreciate Sufis for their extensive contributions to Islamic arts and philosophy.
	www.tvwiki.tv /wiki/Sufism (4507 words)

	Sufism - Open Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		Dervishes -- the name given to initiates of sufi orders -- believe that love is a projection of the essence of God to the universe.
		There is a major line of Non-Islamic or offshoot-Islamic Sufi thought that sees Sufism as predating Islam and being in fact universal and, therefore, independent of the Qur'an and the teachings of the Prophet Muhammad (saw).
		Here, one again encounters terminological confusion: for the Sufis influenced by Neoplatonism, a "higher" part of Nafs is equated to the Aql or intellect (called Nafs-I-Natiqa) or "rational soul" and is the cental active agent in spiritual battle: Ruh or spirit, notwithstanding its name, is rather passive in this stage.
	open-encyclopedia.com /Sufism (2592 words)

	The Sufi Movement
		Sufis are Muslim mystics who trace their spiritual lineage to the great prophet Mohammad, the founder of Islam.
		The sufi sage Shibli is said to have run the streets carrying flaming coals announcing he was going to set fire to the Ka'aba, the most sacred place, In Islam, so that Muslims would concern themselves less with a place and more with the Lord of the Ka'aba.
		Ghazali, a great Sufi writer of Persia, has said that entering the spiritual path is just like shooting an arrow at a point one cannot see, so that one does not know what the arrow is going to hit; one only knows one's own action, and one does not see the point aimed at.
	www.meaningoflife.i12.com /Sufism.htm (2953 words)

	Sufism at AllExperts
		Sufi thought emerged from the Middle East in the eighth century, but adherents are now found around the world.
		Sufis teach in personal groups, believing the interaction of the master is necessary for the growth of the pupil.
		Through these "organs" or faculties and the transformative results from their activation, the basic Sufi psychology is outlined and bears some resemblance to the schemata of kabbalah, but the resemblance to the tantric chakra system is misleading, since the Sufi psychology does not operate with anything equivalent to the esoteric energy physiology of Kundalini.
	en.allexperts.com /e/s/su/sufism.htm (3425 words)

	sufis in africa
		According to the Sufis it is the mystical experience which leads to the knowledge of God (marifa).
		The Sufi doctrine of unification of God is not similar to the Quranic concept of the unity of God.
		The most famous musician is Cheikh Lo, fast being recognized as the new voice of African music, with two recordings so far for London-based World Circuit Records, who, fortunately for distribution to American audiences, recently forged a deal with Nonesuch, a subsidiary of Atlantic Records.
	www.inetmgrs.com /onepeoples/sufis_in_africa.htm (3201 words)

	blogrunner: Sufis Under Attack as Sunni Rifts Widen (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		NYT reported As the twilight ritual of the Sufi Muslims reached its crescendo, the five drummers pounded harder and quicker, inspiring the men standing in a circle to spin their heads ever more rapidly, their shoulder-length hair twirling through the air.
		Sufis seek, through dance, music, chanting and other intensely physical rituals, to transcend worldly existence and perceive the face of the divine.
		They said the voter registration is in order "to defeat the American plan." These six groups differ in their strategy from other guerrilla organizations, which oppose the voter registration process and Sunni Arab participation in the referendum at all, and which have been killing Sunni Arabs who urge or help with voter registration.
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	Sufism and the Struggle Within Islam, Part I
		Zakaria credits the sufis, despite the fact that their doctrines were deemed apostasy by the ulema and nearly all of the ruling factions, and they were at times bitterly persecuted.
		The sufis were aloof from the palace intrigues and factional jockeying which were endemic in the long decay of the Abbasids.
		The militant sufi upsurge was waning by the dawn of the 20th century, but it laid an important groundwork for the national liberation struggles of the post-World War II era, and there is often a direct lineage linking the two.
	www.gnn.tv /articles/2412/Sufism_and_the_Struggle_Within_Islam_Part_I (7059 words)

	Sufism - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		This religious tolerance is expressed in Sufism via these lines which are often attributed to the famous Sufi philosopher and poet Mevlana Rumi (but which were penned before his time, according to some scholars): "Come, come, whoever you are.
		A large part of comes from the Sufis, who created great books of poetry (which include for example the Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, the Conference of the Birds and the Masnavi), all of which contain the profound, and hardly graspable, teachings of the Sufis.
		Sufi Ruhaniat International (http://www.ruhaniat.org/), Universal Sufism, founded by Murshid Samuel Lewis, a student of Hazrat Inayat Khan.
	www.butte-silverbow.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/Sufism (3723 words)

	Islamic spirituality - the forgotten revolution
		Another lies in the influence of the well-financed neo-Hanbali madhhab called Wahhabism, whose leaders are famous for their rejection of all possibility of development.
		'The path of the Sufis is built on the Quran and the Sunna, and is based on living according to the morals of the prophets and the purified ones.
		The ulema of the great dynasties of Islamic history, including the Ottomans and the Moghuls, were deeply infused with the Sufi outlook, regarding it as one of the most central and indispensable of Islamic sciences.
	www.themodernreligion.com /sufism/revolution.html (4982 words)

	Major Religions Ranked by Size
		The list was created by the same people who collected and organized this database, in consultation with university professors of comparative religions and scholars from different religions.
		A listing of doctrinally and organizationally meaningful divisions or denominational "branches" (such as Catholic, Eastern/Orthodox Christian, Sunni Islam, Shiite Islam, Evangelical Christian, Mahayana Buddhism, Theravada Buddhism, etc.) would clearly be useful, but that is the subject of a different list: Major Branches of Major World Religions.
		This list is based primarily on the degree of doctrinal/theological similarity among all the various sub-groups which belong to these classifications, and to a lesser extent based on diversity in practice, ritual and organization.
	www.adherents.com /Religions_By_Adherents.html (11821 words)

	Rabia Basri
		The high position attained by the women Sufis is attested further by the fact that the Sufis themselves give to a woman the first place among the earliest Muhammadan mystics and have chosen her to be the representative of the first development of mysticism in Islam.
		Rabi'a al-Adawiyya al Qaysiyya of Basra, was at the head of the women disciples and the chief of the women ascetics, of those who observed the sacred law, who were God-fearing and zealous… and she was one of those who were pre-eminent and experience in grace and goodness.
		He gives the names of several well-known women saints and goes onto say, 'She was the most famous among them, of great devotion and conspicuous in worship, and perfect in purity and asceticism'.
	www.khamush.com /sufism/rabia.htm (2216 words)

	Sufism: The Reluctant Messenger - Rumi Sufi Sufis Sufies
		Sufis are usually Arabic but their religion traces its roots back to Abraham.
		It is from this group that all the schools of Sufism that have ever existed owe their origin, for by pursuing the path of unsullied inner knowledge they were the founders of Sufism, and the binding link between its subsequent developments.
		Among the most famous were: Salman Farsi, Ammar Yasser, Balla'al, and Abdullah Masoud; some historians have added Oveyse Gharani to this list as well.
	www.reluctant-messenger.com /sufi.htm (1233 words)

	Sufism
		The word Sufi is derived from the Arabic word 'suf' which means ' wool ' and which refers to the coarse woolen robes that were worn by the Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) and by his close companions.
		Many early Sufis were "sons of the road," wandering during the warm season, and relying on the grace of God and the spontaneous generosity of fellow Sufis for shelter and sustenance.
		Each Sufi order constituted a focal point of activity, from which Sufi teachings were carried to the mass of the population by the representatives of the head of the order.
	www.aulia-e-hind.com /Sufis.html (6999 words)

	What is Sufism? presented in Religion section (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		The definition of the sufi: the sufi is one who is a lover of Truth, who by means of love and devotion moves towards the Truth, towards the Perfection which all are truly seeking.
		A sufi wears what he or she likes while being in harmony with what is socially approved.
		The sufi sits either cross-legged or on his or her heels, with the right hand placed on the left thigh and the left hand over the right wrist.
	www.newsfinder.org /site/more/what_is_sufism (1976 words)

	THE FLAWLESS HUMAN BEING
		There are nonverbal ways in which Sufi masters convey what they want to people, and within a few moments I became aware that I was in the presence of an exceptional human being.
		The Master was an inexhaustible repository of Sufi teaching-stories and anecdotes.
		This, of course, brings in the Sufi notion of "courtesy" (adab), which is a refinement of salutary conduct.
	www.secondsufis.com /THEFLAWLESSHUMANBEING.htm (7403 words)

	Robert Lindsay: Wahhabis Versus Sufis in Iraq (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		There is a tendency in Sufi practice to try to become one with the universe, to see oneself a part of everything, to merge one's body into one's surroundings, to go into meditative and yogic-type trances, in addition to practicing healthy living and to living a highly moral lifestyle.
		Sufis also pray at the graves of famous Sufis (who are often characterized as saints) see these burial grounds and tombs as spiritually-charged locales, and feel that they can access Allah via intercessory prayers at these gravesites or through the spirits of the dead Sufi masters.
		Wahhabis hate Sufis for chanting non-Quranic verses, singing, growing their hair long, self-mutilation and self-injury, worshipping graves and tombs, praying to saints and the suggestion that, in seeing Allah as part of everything, Sufis are guilty of polytheism.
	robertlindsay.blogspot.com /2005/06/wahhabis-versus-sufis-in-iraq.html (2726 words)

	Rediscover Ancient Egypt - The Ancient Egyptian Roots of Sufism
		Such revelations, as experienced by the mystical seekers (Sufis), are considered blasphemy and therefore are punishable by death, as established in the Koran.
		Sufis claim him for their own, as a leader and the originator of important concepts, such as the mystic’s direct knowledge (gnosis) of God and the stations and states of the spiritual Path.
		According to Sufi tradition the lore was transmitted through Dhu’i-Nun the Egyptian, the King or Lord of the Fish, one of the most famous of classical Sufi teachers.
	www.egypt-tehuti.org /articles/sufism.html (1287 words)

	www.myspace.com/sufis
		The Sufi regimen under which individuals undertook the path to God, was a finely-honed itinerary which charted the course of inward and outward progress in religious faith and practice (din).
		The shaykhs exhorted their students to actively respond to God and His Messengers, (may they all be Blessed), to cleanse their hearts and purify their souls from the lower desires prompted by the ego and to reform erroneous beliefs.
		It suffices to say that the lives of these Sufi Shaykhs are insurmountable evidence that Sufism, far from encouraging escapism and quietism of the soul that causes social progress to founder, upheld the highest values of social consciousness as well as religious inquiry and science.
	www.myspace.com /sufis (1154 words)

	Attar
		There is much controversy among scholars concerning the exact details of his life and death as well as the authenticity of may of the literary works attributed to him.
		This is an allegorical poem describing the quest of the birds (i.e.
		Sufis) for the mystical Simorgh, or Phoenix, whom they wish to make their king (i.e., God).
	www.rumi.org.uk /sufism/attar.htm (1260 words)

	Freemasonry - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		If the other jurisdiction reciprocates the recognition, the two jurisdictions are said to be in amity, which permits the members of the one jurisdiction to attend closed meetings of the other jurisdiction's Lodges, and vice-versa.
		In keeping with the decentralized and non-dogmatic nature of Freemasonry, however, there is no universally accepted list of landmarks, and even jurisdictions in amity with each other often have completely different ideas as to what those landmarks are.
		Famous early Americans who were Freemasons: Benjamin Franklin, John Hancock, Paul Revere, Benedict Arnold, Stephen Austin, Jim Bowie, David Crockett, and Sam Houston.
	www.lighthousepoint.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/Freemason (9045 words)

	Sufism (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		The word Sufism is an anglicised form of the word Sufi, which in turn has its origin in Tasawwuf.
		There is another view about the origin of the word Sufi, according to which this word originated from ''Suf'' (صوف)is the Arabic languageArabic word for "wool", in the sense of "cloak/", referring to the simple cloaks the original Sufis wore.
		Thirdly, the term sufism has had such a wide range of connotations attached to it, mostly emotive definitions rather then precising ones, that a comparison to traditional Islam is essentially not possible except in a strictly defined context.
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