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Stated aims are: To promote the principles of Islam based on the Holy Quran and the Sunnah of Muhammad as understood by the mainstream. To develop operate and/or promote the development/operation of Islamic cultural institutions including, but not limited to, schools, relief organizations, universities, hospitals, broadcast stations, community centers, cultural centers, museums, mosques ...
Adheres to the Bektashi Sufi branch of Shia Islam. Islamic Center and Mosque of Grand Rapids: Grand Rapids: Michigan: 1986 Adheres to Sufism. Islamic Center of America: Dearborn: Michigan: 2005 SH Largest mosque in the United States. Muslim Temple No. 1: Detroit: Michigan: 1931 NOI First mosque of the Nation of Islam. Islamic Center of ...
Baha' al-Din Naqshband, founder of what would become one of the largest Sufi Sunni orders, the Naqshbandi, buried in Bukhara. Amir Kulal, an influential Islamic scholar of the mystical Khajagan order, buried in Bukhara. Timur, a great conqueror from Uzbekistan, in the Gur-e-Amir mausoleum, Samarkand.
The Arabic word tasawwuf (lit. ' 'Sufism' '), generally translated as Sufism, is commonly defined by Western authors as Islamic mysticism. [14] [15] [16] The Arabic term Sufi has been used in Islamic literature with a wide range of meanings, by both proponents and opponents of Sufism. [14]
Islam portal; List of Sufis; References Further reading. Yves Bomati and Houchang Nahavandi (ed.). 2017. Shah Abbas, Emperor of Persia,1587–1629 ...
The Sufi Ruhaniat International (SRI) is a stream of Universal Sufism and draws inspiration from traditions of Sufism within and beyond historic Islam. SRI is an initiatic order within the lineage of Inayat Khan (Inayati-Chishtiyya). Sufi Ahmed Murad Chisti (Samuel L. Lewis), a disciple of Inayat Khan, formally founded the order in 1970. There ...
Pages in category "Sufi shrines in the United States" The following 3 pages are in this category, out of 3 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. F.
Western Sufism, [1] sometimes identified with Universal Sufism, Neo-Sufism, [2] and Global Sufism, consists of a spectrum of Western European and North American manifestations and adaptations of Sufism, the mystical dimension of Islam. Many practitioners of Western Sufism follow the legacy of Inayat Khan and may identify with a variety of Sufi ...