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Thursday August 27, 2009

Sufism:

Sufis also taken in by Bernard Madoff

A number of Sufis, who practice a mystical form of Islam, and Sufi groups on both US coasts entrusted millions of dollars to a California lawyer, Richard M. Glantz, who is a member of the Sufi community.

Sufi Order International, North America was invested in one of Glantz’s funds, which had a large portion of its estimated $17 million with Madoff.
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Wednesday March 4, 2009

Islam • Sufism:

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

Sufism is widely seen as a ‘kinder, gentler version’ of Islam, and is increasingly viewed as a possible way to combat the hard-line Islam of intolerant, hate-filled Muslim extremists.

Here’s a look at Sufism in Morocco, Iran, and Pakinstan.

Sufis are the power that has made Islam the world’s second-largest religion, with perhaps 1.2 billion adherents, writes Philip Jenkins, stating that “these dedicated defenders and evangelists of mystical Islam — are potentially vital allies for the nations of the West.”
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Wednesday May 3, 2006

Sufism:

In Saudi Arabia, a Resurgence of Sufism

Mystical Sect of Islam Finds Its Voice in More Tolerant Post-9/11 Era
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Thursday September 29, 2005

Sufism:

Professor delves into Muslim mystical sect

Before a group of about 50 students, professor religious studies Carl Ernst discussed Sufism, which is relatively unknown in the Western world, but can be somewhat controversial.
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Thursday November 4, 2004

Sufism:

Sufis allege forced conversion in Muslim town

Clerics of a Sufi sect of Islam in Kattankudy, a large Muslim town near Batticaloa riven by religious clashes which started four days ago, said Wednesday that more than six hundred of their followers were forcibly converted to orthodoxy under threat of violence and death. Sri Lanka army troops were also deployed in the troubled town along with special riot Police to prevent further violence.
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Wednesday June 23, 2004

Sufism:

Pir Vilayat Inayat-Khan, 87, Sect Leader, Dies

PARIS, June 21 - Pir Vilayat Inayat-Khan, who headed an international order of Sufis, members of a mystical offshoot of Islam, and wrote books about it, died on Thursday at his home in Suresnes, a suburb of Paris. He was 87.
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