The 2020 international protests addressing structural racism and colonial legacies have also
questioned Western ascendancy on defining (good) governance. Non‐Western traditional …

Sufism, the mystical/esoteric Islamic path of soul purification, is spreading extensively
throughout Western societies. The internet is one of the most important vehicles of this …

ABSTRACT Contemporary Sufi orders in Western societies have been often described as
'universal', implying a conceptualisation of religion that transcends religious and cultural …

The Mawlid, a sacred holiday commemorating the birth of the Prophet Muhammad, holds
immense power in Morocco as a communal prayer event that animates citizens …

The notion of takfīr (lit. excommunication) was part of pre-modern heresiology that revolved
around a range of conceptualisations of kufr (rejection of belief) and the conditions of …

This article presents the results of a fieldwork project from January to April 2017 in Spanish
mosques, an on-the-ground investigation using interviews with female Muslim teachers who …

Le soufisme, la dimension spirituelle, mystique et ésotérique de l'islam, est dans une phase
d'expansion au XXIe siècle, guidé par des maîtres charismatiques qui renouvellent leur …

Sufism is a porous phenomenon that could be described with the categories of mysticism,
esotericism, spirituality, and popular religion within the Islamic tradition. Sufism has been …

1. One example is Hamza Yusuf, president of Zaytuna College in California, and prominent
Islamic figure in the United States, Cfr. Jocelyne Cesari, Encyclopedia of Islam in the United …

This article, the first of a two-part discussion, focuses on the influence of the New Age on
contemporary Sufism. It will consider the main definitions of the New Age and how they have …