EP.46--Religion: Early Sufism and Asceticism

The World of Islam: Culture, Religion, and Politics by Amine Tais

Nov 15, 20148:25Religion & Spirituality

This episode introduces the tradition of Sufism that some also call Islamic mysticism. We are concerned today with the early period and the practice of zuhd (asceticism).

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