Embattled saints : my year with the sufis of Afghanistan /

Embattled saints : my year with the sufis of Afghanistan /

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Author / Creator:	Lizzio, Kenneth P., author.
Imprint:	Wheaton, Illinois : Quest Books, Theosophical Publishing House, 2014.
Description:	xi, 231 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm
Language:	English
Subject:	Lizzio, Kenneth P. Naqshabandīyah -- Afghanistan. Naqshabandīyah members -- Afghanistan. Sufism -- Afghanistan -- History -- 21st century. Sufis -- Afghanistan -- Biography. Naqshabandīyah. Naqshabandīyah members. Sufis. Sufism. Afghanistan. Biography. History.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/10942192

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ISBN:	9780835609234 0835609235
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 219-221) and index.
Summary:	"Sufism, Islam's mystical dimension, is often dismissed as the delusions of an irrational and backward people. Ken Lizzio corrects such misperceptions in this firsthand account of the year he spent in 1991 living with the head of the Naqshbandis, Afghanistan's largest Sufi order. He presents the order in all its dimensions--social, economic, political, and spiritual--at a pivotal moment in history. He also gives a rare glimpse of everyday life in an Afghan Sufi school and of how the school has coped with the upheavals in its country. Poignantly, the Naqshbandi way of life faces threats to its very existence. One threat lies in the creeping secularization of Islamic society, another in the dismissal of Sufism by various fundamentalist Islamic sects claiming the franchise on truth. But historically, Lizzio points out, Sufism has always been Islam's wellspring for spiritual revival. And because Sufis deal in matters that transcend time and cultures, they help outsiders understand not only the true nature of Islam, but the deeper meaning of all religions. The sound of that meaning echoes throughout the eloquent and fascinating memoir"--

Table of Contents:

Descent
The Naqshbandis
The making of a saint
The Khyber
Murshid Abad
Ascent
The battle for Islamic tradition
Mubarak Sahib.