TY  - BOOK
AU  - Biegman,Nicolaas H.
TI  - Living Sufism: rituals in the Middle East and the Balkans 
SN  - 9774162633
AV  - BP188.8.M628 B54 2009
U1  - 297 
PY  - 2009///
CY  - Cairo, New York
PB  - American University in Cairo Press
KW  - Sufism
KW  - History
KW  - Rituals
KW  - Middle East
KW  - Balkan Peninsula
KW  - Soufisme
KW  - Histoire
KW  - Rituel
KW  - Balkans
KW  - fast
KW  - Sufismus
KW  - idszbz
KW  - Ritus
KW  - nli
KW  - historia
KW  - sao
KW  - ritualer
KW  - Mellanöstern
KW  - Balkanhalvön
KW  - Südosteuropa
KW  - Naher Osten
N1  - P.B; P.B; Includes bibliographical references; Introduction: A Different Islam -- 1. Sufism and the Zikr -- 2. Sufi Orders -- 3. A Sufi on Sufism: interview with Sheikh Zahir -- 4. Dancing with God (Egypt) -- 5. Sitting with God (Bosnia-Herzegovina, Macedonia, Kosovo) -- 6. Standing with God Bosnia and Herzegovina) -- 7. An Iron Faith (Syria) -- 8. The Prophets Birthday (Cairo)
N2  - "Sufism, the mystical tradition of Islam, is as far from the strident and often violent fundamentalist strain of the religion that has so captured world attention as it is possible to be. Sufis in all parts of the Islamic world are broad-minded, tolerant, and non-violent, their quest only to find and approach God through all means, including poetry, music, and dance. Historian Nicolaas Biegman has been observing and photographing Sufi practice and ritual in different Muslim lands for many years, and here in this collection of extraordinary photographs he feels the pulse of the Sufi experience, with its enormous variety in discipline and exuberance, intellectualism and spontaneity, in Egypt, Syria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, and Macedonia. In accompanying texts he explores what lies behind the rituals, and explains aspects of Sufi life and practice such as the position of women."--Google Books
ER  -