al-Taṣawwuf al-Islāmī fī al-Gharb

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181 pages 2008

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This book is a study of Sufism in the West. It focuses on the influences of the Shadhiliyya Order in the west including intellectual contributions to the study of Islam such as translations from Arabic and cultural popularisation of Sufi writings and practices. Due to its strong historical presence in Morocco, this connection to the Shadhiliyya and in particular to the Habibiyya Darawiyya branch of the tariqa. This book will interest readers interested in sufism in the west.
It examines the work of: •Titus Buckhardt, Renne Guenon, Frithjof Schuon and Martin Lings who developed and propagated the school of Perennial Philosophy.
•Shaykh Muhammad ibn al Habib and his student Shaykh Abdalqadir al Murabit
•Shaykh Abdalhaqq Bewley, Hajjah Aishah Bewley and Shaykh Hamzah Yusuf (All students of Shaykh Abdalqadir al Murabit) who have translated many classical works from arabic and have been responsible for the transmission of classical Islam in the west.

The book covers much more than this and we recommend it as an enlightening read to all student of Sufism in the west.

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