Whirling Dervishes perform the Sema ceremony in Istanbul. They are followers of the Mevlevi Order. The body of Islam is Sharia, the law, and soul of Islam is Sufism, spirituality. For Sufis, Sharia is indispensable, because law provides order in life and Sufism provides for joy in life. The daily remembrance of God in the dhikr and the different forms of meditation in the community, strengthen the conscious feeling of closeness to God and the charity for the other.
He continued: "Sufis adhere to the prophet's tradition of loving every creature for the sake of the Creator's love. So they overlook the mistakes and blemishes of the people they encounter and only look at the light of God in them.
By recognizing the light of God, the Sufis practice forgiveness of mistakes of man. Sufism originated after the death of Mohammed in , but it did not develop into orders until the 12th Century.
The orders were formed around spiritual founders, who gained saint status and shrines built in their names. There are dozens of Sufi orders and offshoots. Sufism spread throughout the Muslim world, becoming a central component of many peoples' religious practice from Indonesia and South Asia to Africa and the Balkans. Sufi orders were sometimes close to the ruling powers such as the Ottoman Empire, helping their spread and influence. As it spread, it often adapted to and incorporated local beliefs and customs that made it popular, but would later become to be viewed by Islamic extremist groups as heretical.
The 18th Century saw the emergence of a new puritanical Islamic ideology and movement on the Arab peninsula that would later give birth to violent extremist groups such as al-Qaeda and IS. Wahhabism sought to purge Sunni Islam of accretions and innovations such as the widespread Sufi practice of venerating saints and visiting tombs and shrines.
The goal was to create a "pure" Islam. From the s onward, Saudi and Arab Gulf oil wealth helped fuel the global expansion of Wahhabism ideology, which is often associated with hardline Salafism. Salafist jihadists have repeatedly targeted Sufis, deeming them heretics.
They have also targeted Christians, Shiites and others they deem apostates. Al-Qaeda linked militants in destroyed ancient Sufi shrines in Timbuktu, Mali, drawing international condemnation. But IS that has taken the jihadist violent ideology further. Read more: Pakistan shrine attack - No place for 'soft Islam' in a hard country.
While no group has claimed responsibility for Friday's attack on a mosque attended by Sufis in the Sinai peninsula, it bore all the signs of IS. In January, IS' online propaganda magazine advocated targeting Sufis and warned it would "not permit their presence. It is an extension or offshoot of Islam. A Sufi can both be Sunni or Shia. It tries to establish the connection with God directly. Around the 11th century, Sufism began to be codified in proper orders.
There are several orders which exist in Sufism. Sufism became one of the most widespread omnipresent aspects of Islam. It began to stretch across various regions from India to Iraq to Senegal.
Especially in Africa and Asia, its philosophy has become one of the strongest adherents. Sufi believes that it is possible to draw closer to God and to embrace the divine presence in life by becoming one with God. Sufis are characterised according to dhikr, i. Both Sunni and Sufi belong to the same religion, Islam. Sunni is the largest denomination, whereas Sufi is a sub-division.
Sufi can be both Sunni as well as Shia. Sunni believes in the concept of an afterlife, the final judgement, and they can meet God through indirect ways. Both belong to a different school of thought. Sufi believes in spiritualism and mysticism. Sunni believes in following the right path of Islam, i. Show the supply chain who's boss Get a head start on your holiday shopping at Amazon, Target, Best Buy, and more.
After Ali's assassination in , Sunni caliphs regained power for more than 20 years. Ali's son, Hussein, fought them and was killed by Sunnis at Karbala, in Iraq. Scholars say that his death, which the Shiites consider martyrdom, helped transform a political movement into a religious one.
Shiites and Sunnis share the Quran but have different collections of the hadith, which are the traditions and deeds of Muhammad. Shiites believe that the imams are the source for the hadith. Sunnis believe the hadith come from the Prophet's companions.
The sects use different sources to settle matters not directly addressed in the Quran or in the hadith. The Sunnis weigh community consensus; the Shiites rely on the infallibility of the imams. They spend a lot of time training [religious scholars], who go through rigorous years of instruction in law and theology.
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