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

Stjernholm, Simon LU (2009)
Abstract
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".
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Sufism Today: Heritage and Tradition in the Global Community
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Raudvere, Catharina and Stenberg, Leif
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I.B. Tauris
ISBN
184511762X
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English
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  abstract     = {{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".}},
  author       = {{Stjernholm, Simon}},
  booktitle    = {{Sufism Today: Heritage and Tradition in the Global Community}},
  editor       = {{Raudvere, Catharina and Stenberg, Leif}},
  isbn         = {{184511762X}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  publisher    = {{I.B. Tauris}},
  title        = {{A translocal Sufi movement: Developments among Naqshbandi-Haqqani in London}},
  year         = {{2009}},
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