In the Paradise of the Sufis

The Sufis of Bijapur, 1300-1700: Social Roles of Sufis in Medieval India 9781400868155

The Sufis were heirs to a tradition of Islamic mysticism, and they have generally been viewed as standing more or less a

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In Search of the Hidden Treasure: A Conference of Sufis

Like no other book, In Search of the Hidden Treasurecaptures the centuries-old traditions of Sufism. Its pages allow the

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The Fountain of Paradise: Fatima Zahra’ in the Noble Qur’an

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The Fountain of Paradise: Fatima Zahra’ in the Noble Qur’an

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The Paradise of Eden 9781463219246

Abdisho bar Brikha (d. 1318) was a prominent East Syriac writer. While many of his works did not survive, his The Paradi

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Visions of Paradise: Images of Eden in the Cinema 9780813552415

Depictions of sex, violence, and crime abound in many of today's movies, sometimes making it seem that the idyllic

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The Myth of the Andalusian Paradise 9781504034692

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Modern Sufis and the State: The Politics of Islam in South Asia and Beyond 9780231551465

In recent years, Sufism has been held up as a supposedly peaceful alternative to forms of Islam associated with violence

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The Myth of the Andalusian Paradise 9781504034692

Scholars, journalists, and politicians uphold Muslim-ruled medieval Spain—"al-Andalus"—as a multicultural para

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The Hindu Sufis of South Asia: Partition, Shrine Culture and the Sindhis in India 1788315316, 9781788315319

Within the complex religious landscape of modern India, the community of Sindh stands out as a powerful example of inter

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