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Sri Lankan Sufi religious leaders (1 P) Pages in category "Sri Lankan Sufis" The following 4 pages are in this category, out of 4 total.
Muslims generally follow Sufi traditions in Sri Lanka. The Al-Fassi family|Fassiya ash Shazuliya tariqa, which has its headquarters in Ummu Zavaya in M.J.M. Laffir mawatha, Colombo, supported by the Al-Fassi family in the 1870s, is the most prevalent Sufi order among the Sri Lankan Muslims followed by Aroosiyathul qadiriya.
Sri Lanka, United States Muhammad Raheem Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (died December 8, 1986), also known as Bawa , was a Tamil -speaking teacher [ 3 ] and Sufi mystic from Sri Lanka who came to the United States in 1971, established a following, and founded the Bawa Muhaiyaddeen Fellowship in Philadelphia .
[3] [a] About 1.9 million Sri Lankans adhere to Islam as per the Sri Lanka census of 2012. [4] [3] The majority of Muslims in Sri Lanka are concentrated in the Eastern Province of the island. Other areas containing significant Muslim minorities include the Western, Northwestern, North Central, Central and Sabaragamuwa provinces.
Muhammad ibn Ahmad Lebbai is a well-known Qadiri Sheikh in Sri Lanka, who is seen as a reviver of Islam and an advocate of communal harmony by the people of the island nation. His sub-order spread from Sri Lanka to South India , the Middle East , and even the Far East parts of Russia and China.
Persecution of Sufis over the course of centuries has included acts of religious discrimination, persecution, and violence both by Sunni and Shia Muslims, [1] such as destruction of Sufi shrines, [2] tombs and mosques, suppression of Sufi orders, murder, and terrorism against adherents of Sufism in a number of Muslim-majority countries. [3]
Pages in category "Sri Lankan Sufi religious leaders" This category contains only the following page. This list may not reflect recent changes. M. Bawa Muhaiyaddeen
Sufism (Arabic: الصوفية, romanized: al-Ṣūfiyya or Arabic: التصوف, romanized: al-Taṣawwuf) is a mystic body of religious practice found within Islam which is characterized by a focus on Islamic purification, spirituality, ritualism, and asceticism.