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

Despite its continuing appeal in the Muslim world, Sufism has faced fierce challenges in the last 250 years. This volume assesses the evolution of anti-Sufism since the middle of the eighteenth century and Sufi strategies for survival and considers the efforts of a few significant Muslim intellectuals to contemplate a future for a mystical approach to Islam without traditional Sufism.

• | Author: Elizabeth Sirriyeh
• | Publisher: Routledge
• | Publication Date: Oct 21, 1998
• | Number of Pages: 202 pages
• | Binding: Paperback or Softback
• | ISBN-10: 0700710604
• | ISBN-13: 9780700710607