This article bridges Sri Lankan studies and the academic debate on the relation between contemporary Islam and politics. It constitutes a case study of the Muslim community in Akkaraipattu on Sri Lanka’s war-ridden east coast. Over two decades of ethnically colored conflict have made Muslim identity of paramount importance, but the meanings attached to that identity vary substantively. Politici...

the theory of perfect man that was dispersed in published works of islamic thinkers, started out as an independent subject and eventually annotations were added to it. the ontological aspect of this issue has been reviewed several times. however, the worldly functions of the perfect man have not been analyzed yet. unlike some mystics and sufis who limit the perfect man to practice in spiritual ...

bostan ol-arefin va tohfat ol-moridin is one of the mystical prose texts of the khorasan area in the fifth century a.h. among the many persian literary texts, it is considered as a precious ancient source for many of the anecdotes, miracles and sayings of the sufis. furthermore, the linguistic features of this book such as numerous special vocabularies, stylistic aspects and prose similar to th...

Robat, along with educational institutions, helped to spread scientific and religious life in Baghdad. Ribat Sheikh Al-shuyukh was one of the Robat which served scholars Sufis students science since its establishment 450H./1058AD. Until Mongols entered Baghdad year 656H./1258AD. Al- shuyukh received official sponsorship from Caliphate Foundation, Seljuk state represented by minister Nizam al-Mu...

Islam consists of three parts – first, faith; second, practice; and finally, Ihsan or ahlak, that is, ethics morals. Sufism profoundly engages with the third part Islam. In other words, it deals inner human beings. The goal this research is to demonstrate persistence in Central Asia due incredible, though nearly invisible, work Sufi brotherhoods. Therefore, role preserving will be examined by a...

The objective of this study is to challenge the conventional wisdom that Sufism solely focuses on afterlife by shedding light participation Sufis in both religious and secular affairs. qualitative descriptive research method has been employed aptly illustrate typology modern-day Sufism, primarily within social economic contexts. results indicate Tarekat Al-Idrisiyyah, located Cisayong, Tasikmal...