Sufis

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I found an interesting article on Sufism. Not sure about the validity

of what it says, but I have heard this from other sources too.

 

 

"By examining the mystic doctrines of Christianity, Hinduism, Taoism

and other religions, it becomes clear how closer Sufism is to these

religions than to Islaam. In fact, Sufism is never characterized

under "Islaam" in any system of catalogue, but rather

under 'Mysticism'.

 

Sharda highlights these unsurprising similarities by stating

that: "After the fall of Muslim orthodoxy from power at the center of

India for about a century, due to the invasion of Timur, the Sufi

became free from the control of the Muslim orthodoxy and consorted

with Hindu saints, who influenced them to an amazing extent. The Sufi

adopted Monism and wifely devotion from the Vaishnava Vedantic school

and Bhakti and Yogic practices from the Vaishnava Vedantic school. By

that time, the popularity of the Vedantic pantheism among the Sufis

had reached its zenith."6 "

 

http://www.geocities.com/kkhaan/sufiexposed.html