http://www.religionnewsblog.com Religion news about religious cults, sects, world religions, and related issues Mon, 23 Nov 2009 11:34:13 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23569/sufis-scammed http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23569/sufis-scammed#comments Thu, 27 Aug 2009 15:16:14 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=23569 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.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23569/sufis-scammed/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23321/sufism-morocco-pakinstan-iran http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23321/sufism-morocco-pakinstan-iran#comments Wed, 04 Mar 2009 14:19:44 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=23321 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." ]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23321/sufism-morocco-pakinstan-iran/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/14500/in-saudi-arabia-a-resurgence-of-sufism http://www.religionnewsblog.com/14500/in-saudi-arabia-a-resurgence-of-sufism#comments Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/14500/in-saudi-arabia-a-resurgence-of-sufism/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/12324/professor-delves-into-muslim-mystical-sect http://www.religionnewsblog.com/12324/professor-delves-into-muslim-mystical-sect#comments Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/12324/professor-delves-into-muslim-mystical-sect/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/9240/sufis-allege-forced-conversion-in-muslim-town http://www.religionnewsblog.com/9240/sufis-allege-forced-conversion-in-muslim-town#comments Thu, 04 Nov 2004 19:11:01 +0000 Religion News Blog http:/?p=9240 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/9240/sufis-allege-forced-conversion-in-muslim-town/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/7634/pir-vilayat-inayat-khan-87-sect-leader-dies http://www.religionnewsblog.com/7634/pir-vilayat-inayat-khan-87-sect-leader-dies#comments Thu, 24 Jun 2004 01:25:12 +0000 Religion News Blog http:/?p=7634 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/7634/pir-vilayat-inayat-khan-87-sect-leader-dies/feed 0