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  2. History of Sufism - Wikipedia

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    Sufism is the mystical branch of Islam in which Muslims seek divine love and truth through direct personal experience of God. [1] This mystic tradition within Islam developed in several stages of growth, emerging first in the form of early asceticism, based on the teachings of Hasan al-Basri, before entering the second stage of more classical mysticism of divine love, as promoted by al-Ghazali ...

  3. List of Sufi orders - Wikipedia

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  4. List of mosques in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Illinois: 1980 [42] Mosque Maryam: Chicago: Illinois: 1972 NOI Also known as Muslim Temple No. 2. Originally a Greek Orthodox church, purchased in 1972 by the Nation of Islam. Headquarters of the Nation of Islam and of Louis Farrakhan. Baitul Jamay: Glen Ellyn: Illinois: Al-Sadiq Mosque: Bronzeville neighborhood, Chicago: Illinois: 1922 A

  5. Chishti Order - Wikipedia

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    The Chishti order (Persian: چشتی طريقة, romanized: Chishtī ṭarīqa) is a Sufi order of Sunni Islam named after the town of Chisht, Afghanistan where it was initiated by Abu Ishaq Shami. The order was brought to Herat and later spread across South Asia by Mu'in al-Din Chishti in the city of Ajmer .

  6. Sufism - Wikipedia

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    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.

  7. Western Sufism - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  8. Khalwa (Sufism) - Wikipedia

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    In complete seclusion, the Sufi continuously repeats the name of God as a highest form of dhikr, remembrance of God. Then, "Almighty God will spread before him the degrees of the kingdom as a test". A religious school is known as a khalwa in Sudanese Arabic. [2] This reflects the former dominance of Sufism in the Sudan.

  9. Tijaniyyah - Wikipedia

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    Ahmad al-Tijani (1737–1815) was born in Aïn Madhi in Algeria and died in Fes, Morocco.He received his religious education in Mostaganem, Algeria. Inspired by other saints he founded the Tijānī order in the 1780s; sources vary as to the exact date between 1781 [1] and 1784.