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Sufi Visionary of Ottoman Damascus
'Abd al-Ghani al-Nabulusi, 1641-1731
Series: Routledge Sufi Series
'Abd al-Ghani al-Nabulusi (1641 to1731) was the most outstanding scholarly Sufi of Ottoman Syria. He was regarded as the leading religious poet of his time and as an excellent commentator of classical Sufi texts. At the popular level, he has been read as an interpreter of symbolic dreams. Moreover,...
Published August 31st 2011 by Routledge
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Sufis and Anti-Sufis
The Defence, Rethinking and Rejection of Sufism in the Modern World
Series: Routledge Sufi Series
Despite its continuing appeal in the Muslim world, Sufism has faced fierce challenges in the last 250 years. This volume assesses the evolution of anti-Sufism since the middle of the eighteenth century and Sufi strategies for survival. It also considers the efforts of a few significant Muslim...
Published October 20th 1998 by Routledge