SUFISM
Sufism
Sufism or ' is a religious branch historically deriving from Sunni Islam, defined by some adherents as the inner, mystical dimension of Islam, others contend that it is a perennial philosophy of existence that pre-dates religion, the expression of which flowered within Islam. Its essence has also been expressed via other religions and metareligious phenomena. A practitioner of this tradition is generally known as a ' . They belong to different ṭuruq or "orders"—congregations formed around a master—which meet for spiritual sessions, in meeting places known as zawiyahs, khanqahs, or tekke. Sufi turuq/orders may ...The above text is a snippet from Wikipedia: Sufism
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