عنوان

Popular Sufism in Eastern Europe: Sufi brotherhoods and the dialogue with Christianity and 'heterodoxy'

eng

Popular Sufism in Eastern Europe: Sufi brotherhoods and the dialogue with Christianity and 'heterodoxy'

New York, NY

Routledge

Includes bibliographical references and index

H.T. Norris

The geographical setting of popular Sufism in Eastern Europe -- Sufi brotherhoods and the impact of Sufism on national identity within the Balkan Muslim communities -- The Krstjani and the Bosnjaks. the abiding memory of the medieval Bosnian church -- Islamic antinomianism, 'heterodoxy' and Persian Monism in the literature and the thought of the Albanians. The Sufi inspirations of Naim Frashri, Albania's greatest poet -- Popular Sufism in Bulgaria; Demir Baba and the Kizilbash saints, holy places in the Pomak country and in Deli Orman -- The 'heterodox' hero, the mythical Sari Saltik and his many tombs in the Balkans and in Tatar lands -- A description, byJ. de Asboth of a 'zikr' of the howling dervishes which was held in the Sinaniyya 'tekke' in Sarajevo in 0981. Margaret Hasluck's unpublished account of a ?zikr? of the Rifa?iyya brotherhood in the early years of the 02th century -- The Bektashiyya brotherhood, its village communities and inter- religious tensions along the border between Albania and Greek Epirus at the very beginning of the 02th century -- Future prospects for Sufism in the Balkans and the Sufi background of the Crimean Tatars who are returning to their historic homeland

، Sufism - Europe, Eastern

، Islamic sects - Europe, Eastern

Relations Christianity ، Islam

Islam ، Christianity and other religions

Norris, H. T

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