Embattled Saints (ePub)
My Year with the Sufis of Afghanistan
(Sprache: Englisch)
In the West, Islam has replaced Communism as the new bugbear, while Sufism, Islams mystical dimension, is often dismissed as the delusions of an irrational and backward people. Ken Lizzio corrects such misperceptions in this firsthand account of the year he...
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In the West, Islam has replaced Communism as the new bugbear, while Sufism, Islams mystical dimension, is often dismissed as the delusions of an irrational and backward people. Ken Lizzio corrects such misperceptions in this firsthand account of the year he spent in 1991 living with the head of the Naqshbandis, Afghanistans largest Sufi order. He presents the order in all its dimensionssocial, economic, political, and spiritualat a pivotal moment in history. He also gives a rare glimpse of everyday life in an Afghan Sufi school and of how the school has coped with the upheavals in its country.Poignantly, the Naqshbandi way of life faces threats to its very existence. One threat lies in the creeping secularization of Islamic society, another in the dismissal of Sufism by various fundamentalist Islamic sects claiming the franchise on truth. But historically, Lizzio points out, Sufism has always been Islams wellspring for spiritual revival. And because Sufis deal in matters that transcend time and cultures, they help outsiders understand not only the true nature of Islam, but the deeper meaning of all religions. The sound of that meaning echoes throughout this eloquent and fascinating memoir.
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- Autor: Kenneth P. Lizzio
- 2014, 288 Seiten, Englisch
- ISBN-10: 0835631338
- ISBN-13: 9780835631334
- Erscheinungsdatum: 22.05.2014
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