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Living Sufism
Nicolaas H. Biegman
其他書名
Rituals in the Middle East and the Balkans
出版
American Univ in Cairo Press
, 2009
主題
Religion / General
Religion / History
Religion / Islam / General
Religion / Islam / Sufi
Social Science / Customs & Traditions
Travel / Middle East / General
ISBN
9774162633
9789774162633
URL
http://books.google.com.hk/books?id=MS7X8ACnrqcC&hl=&source=gbs_api
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註釋
Sufism, the mystical tradition of Islam, is as far from the strident and often violent fundamentalist strain of the religion that has so captured world attention as it is possible to be. Sufis in all parts of the Islamic world are broad-minded, tolerant, and non-violent, their quest only to find and approach God through all means, including poetry, music, and dance. Historian Nicolaas Biegman has been observing and photographing Sufi practice and ritual in different Muslim lands for many years, and here in this collection of extraordinary photographs he feels the pulse of the Sufi experience, with its enormous variety in discipline and exuberance, intellectualism and spontaneity, in Egypt, Syria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, and Macedonia. In accompanying texts he explores what lies behind the rituals, and explains aspects of Sufi life and practice such as the position of women.