The Sufi Movement East & West

The Sufi Movement East and West Jan Slomp * 1932 Hardenberg, theological and Islamic studies Free University Amsterdam, Graduate School of Ecumenical Studies, Celigny, Switzerland; Urdu University of Amsterdam. Minister Reformed Church Zijldijk 1962-1964; Presbyterian Church Sahiwal, Pakistan 1964-1968; staff Christian Study Centre 1968-1977 Rawalpindi, Pakistan; Islam Desk Reformed Churches in the Netherlands 1977-1994; Secretary, Moderator and Advisor Islam in Europe Committee of the Conference of European Churches and the Council of Roman Catholic Episcopal Conferences in Europe 1978-1997. Has lectured in many countries. Doctor honoris causa 1994, Officer in the Order of Oranje Nassau 1994. Since 1996 on the International Advisory Board of the Journal of Muslim Minority Affairs (London). Muhammad Nafi Tschelebi International Media Prize 2001, Zentral Institut Islamarchiv, Soest, Germany. Married with A.C. Mobach, four children. Publications until 1994 in G.M. Speelman, ed., Muslims and Christians in Europe. Breaking New Ground. Essays in honour of Jan Slomp (Kampen, Kok, 1993, pp. 184-206.) Preface Foreword I. Centuries of interaction between India and the west Muslim domination, the great Moghuls - Din-I Ilahi Sikhism inside and Buddhism outside the frontiers of India Reactions to western colonization and Christianity Origins of eastern countermovements. II. Unity and universality of religions. Earlier seekers after the unity of religions. The spanish muslim ibn al-arabi Barhebraeus, al-ghazali, cusanus and lullus Jalal Al-Din Rumi of Konya. The protestant jean Bodin Playwright Gotthold Ephraim Lessing (1729-1781). Sir Muhammad Iqbal and the west debate within protestant missionary outreach. Inayat khan's visit to Nathan Soderblom Sadhu sundar singh and his message. III. Muslim mysticism in india. What is mysticism?. When does mysticism occur in a religion? Origins and organization of muslim mysticism. The chishti cradle of the mysticism of inayat khan Mysticism and music IV. The shaping of inayat khan in india (1882-1910) Birth and first years. Musical growth. Budding mystic in hyderabad.. Theological intermezzo. Mystical exercises. A wanderer's life.. V. The grand tour of America, Europe and Intjia (1910-1927) Stav in London Marriage and marital life of Inayat khan. Noor-Un-Nisa: more than spiritual resistance To Russia The first world war and the Gordon square crisis Last years, return to India. VI. Hazrat Inayat khan, the growth of a legend Biography or hagiography The myth of the message The myth of the universal mystic Mureed, Murshid, Hazrat The photographs of Pir-O-Murshid Inayat Khan Inayat khan's mastery of languages VII. The Sufi message of Inayat Khan. Typology and classification of the oeuvre (1) Music and mysticism (2) The inner life. (3) The unity of religious ideals (4) The soul. On 10 august we read, opposite a page with a radiant sun: Summary VIII. The Sufi movement, organization, goals and activities. (1) Organization. (2) Goals and guiding ideas (3) The sufi emblem (4) Explication (5) International leadership and ramifications (6) Other sufi organizations (7) Activities (a) The inner school (b) The international summer school (c) The sufi world brotherhood (d) The universal worship. (e) The'healing activity' (f) The confraternity of the message. (g) Symbology Epilogue Postscript by the author Bibliography