About the Book
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 68. Chapters: Mouride, Muslim brotherhoods of Senegal, Layene, Tariqa, Universal Sufism, Naqshbandi, Risaldar Muhammad Hanif Khan, Aissawa, Jahriyya, Shattari, Bektashism, Senussi, Tijaniyyah, Shadhili, Qadiriyya, Mawlawi Order, Chishti Order, Sarmoung Brotherhood, Sufi Ruhaniat International, List of Sufi orders, Madariyya, Sufism Reoriented, Barkatiyya, Bektashism and folk religion, Satpanth, Ni'matull h, Malamatiyya, Suhrawardiyya, Uwaisi, Hamallayya, Rifa'i, Alians, Ba 'Alawiyya, Qalandar, Khalwati order, Jerrahi, Azimiyya, Fassi, Nur Ashki Jerrahi Sufi Order, Ussaki, Khatmiyya, Darqawa, Safaviyya, Burhaniyya, Roshaniyya, Qalandariyya, Nasiriyya, Khwajagan, Sunbuli, Bayramiye, Badawiyya, Shah Kalim Allah Jahanabadi, Nasuhi, Jelveti, Qadiriyya wa Naqshbandiyya, Galibi Order, Kubrawiya, Idrisiyya, Gulshani, Dasuqi, Ganduzyya, Zahediyeh, Junaidiyya, Dar ul Ehsan, Naqshbandia Mujadadia Aminia, R fai. Excerpt: Universal Sufism is a universalist spiritual movement founded by Hazrat Inayat Khan while traveling throughout the West between 1910 and 1926, based on unity of all people and religions and the presence of spiritual guidance in all people, places and things. A form of Sufism, and a branch of the Chishti order, it has its roots in the traditional framework of Islam but does not exist within it and is characterised by respect for other devotional traditions. Hazrat Inayat Khan and his wife Ameena Begum were the founders of Universal Sufism until Khan's death, his wife continued to be the leader of the group until her death. Hazrat Inayat Khan set forth three goals that he hoped Universal Sufis would strive to achieve: Ignorance - The state of the mind when it is in darkness. When mental vibrations flow into the astral plane, without conscious direction, it is called imagination (in the sense of fantasy, not to be confused wit...
