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A translocal Sufi movement: Developments among Naqshbandi-Haqqani in London

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Author

  • Simon Stjernholm

Editor

  • Catharina Raudvere
  • Leif Stenberg

Summary, in English

The developments and activities among the attendees to a Naqshbandi-Haqqani Sufi priory in north London in recent years have come to raise a number of issues regarding Sufism in Western Europe. The relationship between shaykh and murid, "disciple", has been developed into a complex interaction where ongoing negotiations concerning the content and form of the tariqa’s activities continuously take place. At the same time, political initiatives referring to "Sufi ideology" are becoming a key aspect of the tariqa’s activity, along with public events where spiritual experiences are performed in a popularised manner. This article strives to describe and analyse these recent developments in light of the concepts "translocality" and "movement".

Publishing year

2009

Language

English

Publication/Series

Sufism Today: Heritage and Tradition in the Global Community

Document type

Book chapter

Publisher

I.B. Tauris

Topic

  • Philosophy, Ethics and Religion

Status

Published

ISBN/ISSN/Other

  • ISBN: 184511762X