Wednesday, November 26, 2008

The Sufi Question

I know many UUs are fascinated by Sufi- Islamic mysticism- and my headline is the cover story of this month's Smithsonian Magazine . The teaser on the inside says, "Pakistan's Sufis Preach Faith and Ecstasy
The believers in Islamic mysticism embrace a personal approach to their faith and a different outlook on how to run their country’s government"
Definitely worth a read!

2 comments:

Bill Baar said...

Check Stephen Schwartz from a few years ago in the Weekly Standard and also his book here.

There is an interesting comment over at Amazon and it's worth noting on anything oriental we occidentals join.

Joel Monka said...

Good links, Bill- thanks