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April 01, 2009
Sufism contra Islamism
I would not think much of the idea were it not for its provenance; William Dalrymple qualifies as a bigger buzzkill on the Forever War than I do.
Writer William Dalrymple agrees in part with Jenkins but says the West “isn’t sophisticated enough in its understanding of Islam to comprehend how important Sufism is as a home-grown resistance movement to radical, political Islam”. He says there is an ongoing war in South Asia between traditional Islam, which is syncretic, plural and generally non-political, and the “imported Wahhabi strains of Islam’’. Dalrymple adds, “Sufism is a home-grown resistance movement against radicalism, but the question is how or whether one should utilize this. It isn’t something that can be harnessed but it’s definitely part of the equation.’’
Posted by Ghost of a flea at April 1, 2009 06:44 AM
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