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Sufis and Anti-Sufis: The Defence, Rethinking and Rejection of Sufism in the Modern World

Elizabeth Sirriyeh

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1. Sufis and their Critics before the Impact of Europe 2. The Challenge of European Anti-Sufism 3. Traditional Sufism or a Religion of Progress? 4. The Sufism and Anti-Sufism of the Salafis 5. Strengthening the Soul of the Nation 6. Contemporary Sufism and Anti-Sufism. Conclusion: Many Ways Towards the One

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Key concepts: Sufism, Soul, Ancient history, Philosophy, Islam, History, Theology