SUFISM

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Suffer the Sufis in Pakistan and the world.
Until our "mirrors are polished," and we see our own reflection in others and are attuned with the multifaceted characteristics of the Divine, even to the point of realizing that there is no "other," that is, no duality but only unity in God,(6) suffer the Sufis in Pakistan and the world.


Dallas Darling - darling@wn.com

(Dallas Darling is the author of Politics 501: An A-Z Reading on Conscientious Political Thought and Action, Some Nations Above God: 52 Weekly Reflections On Modern-Day Imperialism, Militarism, And Consumerism in the Context of John's Apocalyptic Vision, and The Other Side Of Christianity: Reflections on Faith, Politics, Spirituality, History, and Peace. He is a correspondent for www.worldnews.com. You can read more of Dallas' writings at http://www.beverlydarling.com/ and wn.com//dallasdarling.)

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Muslims: The threat from within
By AIJAZ ZAKA SYED

ARAB NEWS
Friday 09 July 2010

Friday, Rajab 27, 1431

Contrary to the relatively recent but widespread fiction, Islam took roots and spread in much of South Asia not at gunpoint.


Rather, it was embraced by the masses who were bowled over by the stark simplicity and honesty of Arab merchants and traders and the power of love and faith exemplified by saints and Sufis like Khaja Moinuddin Chishti of Ajmer, Nizamuddin Auliya of Delhi and Syed Abul Hasan Hajvery of Lahore.

They might not have been great scholars of the religion. But they promoted and demonstrated the liberating message of Islam and its teachings of love, peace, universal brotherhood and equality before God with their actions and conduct........

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http://www.bbc.co.uk/religion/religions/islam/subdivisions/sufism_1.shtml

Sufism

Muslims travelling to a Sufi gathering Sufism, or Tasawwuf as it is known in the Muslim world, is Islamic mysticism (Lings, Martin, What is Sufism?, The Islamic Texts Society, 1999, pg 15).

Non-Muslims often mistake Sufism as a sect of Islam. Sufism is more accurately described as an aspect or dimension of Islam. Sufi orders (Tariqas) can be found in Sunni, Shia and other Islamic groups. Ibn Khaldun, the 14th century Arab historian, described Sufism as:

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