Sufi order
international
Sufi
Music from Senegal - Traditional singing, chanting and Khin drumming from Cheikh
Ibrahima Fall and Baye Fall.
Qawwali Page -
Chandrakantha.com - A page about the Sufi devotional musical form, as performed in
Pakistan and India today.
A Cherag's Library
- Information about The Church of All (the outreach movement of the Sufi Islamia Ruhaniat
Society). Includes a directory of cherags, a journal, and religious texts.
The
Gnostic Aramaic Gospel Page - A collection of Gnostic teaching stories of Jesus
extracted from a collection translated from Aramaic by the Sufi Gnostic and scholar
Al-Ghazali (died 1111).
Sufi
Movement in Canada - Canadian affilitate of the International Sufi Movement.
Information about Sufism, their activities and events, and news.
Sufi Tariqa
- Study group including events and links to other resources.
Institute
for Sufi Studies - Offers classes and workshops in healing through meditation, art,
music, prayer and movement. Includes schedule, newsletter and bookstore. (based California
and Washington, US)
Al-Ghazali
- A student project by Henry Snyder on this Sufi philosopher. Includes biography,
intellectual background, and a review of a portion of The Incoherence of the Philosophers.
Sufi Currents and Islamic
Civilization - Information on the historical influence of Sufi thought on India and
the Middle East. Includes politics, justice and other cultural influences.
Sufi Study
Circle - Campus study group based at the University of Toronto, Canada, and following
the Chishti Order of Sufis. Includes an intriduction to Sufism, and events listing.
Dances of
Universal Peace - Schedule of dance events in Minnesota, Wisconsin and Iowa. Includes
articles and links to related Sufi sites.
Rabi'a al
'Adawiyya - Comprehensive one-page biography of the life of the Sufi mystic Rabi'a
including excerpts from her teachings.
Sufi Order
International - Describes Sufism and its philosophies, and includes Inayat Kahn quotes
and activities.
Shelquist, Richard -
Rendezvous with the Beloved - Sufi poetry of longing, surrender and joy.
Golden Sufi Center
- Naqshbandiyya-Mujaddidiyya Order of Sufism. Naqshbandi Sufis are known as the
"silent Sufis" because they practice the silent meditation of the heart.
Meditation groups worldwide. Inverness, California.
Will You Return to This World
After Death? - A Sufi contention against the New Age belief in reincarnation.
About
Qawwali and Sufi Saints - Information about Qawwali music, its history as well as a
number of Sufi saints.
Resource on Amir
Khusrau - Detailed website about Amir Khusrau (1253-1325 AD), the Sufi mystic who
invented the Qawwali form of music and provided lyrics to many Qawwalies. Includes
translation of his famous Qawwalies.
Spiritual
Foundation - A Sufi foundation headed by Shaikh-e-Tariqat Hadrat Allama.
Gurdjieff
and Sufi Paths - Essays comparing ideas from Gurdjieff and sufism.
Life
of Mevlana Jalaluddin Rumi - A short biography of Rumi, with a small selection of
poems archived onsite.
Poems
from Mevlana Jalaluddin Rumi - Collection of poems from Rumi, the Sufi poet of love,
also a short biography.
Editorial
Sufi - Sin ánimo de lucro especializada en la investigación y difusión de
textos y autores clásicos y modernos que han escrito sobre sufismo o se han
relacionado con su entorno cultural.
Persian
Classical Music - History, similarities and differences with other Central Asian
styles, relationship with Sufi poetry, the dastgah system, composition structure,
instruments, and links.
Chrysalis
Connection - The Feminine Council of the Sufi Order International explores the
contribution of the feminine in spirituality. Includes an online catalogue of their
materials.
Islam and the
Sufi Tradition of Chishti Qadhiri - A series of articles exploring the place of Sufism
as an intrinsic part of Islam.
Heartsong
Retreat Center - A hub for the Northwest Arkansas Sufi community since 1981.
Information on events, activities and links.
Sufism,
the Path of Misguidance - Series of 3 articles describing history and deviations of
Sufism.
Hazrat Khwaja
Gharibnawaz - Information on the life and teachings of the Sufi saint Hazrat Khwaja
Moinuddin Hasan Chisti.
Islamic Web
Pages - Contains a collection of Sufi stories and poetry, articles, online books, and
a directory of Sufi turuq (orders) on the internet.
Dargah Hazrat
Inayat Khan - The Hope Project Charitable Trust - A Sufi service project in India.
Information on their programs, with reports on their activities.
Rumi Poetry - A small
site, including some poems by the Sufi master and a brief biography.
Pick a
Spiritual Quote - Quotes by people like J. Krishnamurti, Sri Ram, zen-masters,
Sufi-masters and Kahlil Gibran.
Soefie Verhalen
[Hermes] - Sufi-verhalen, met toepassing in het dagelijks leven.
Poems by Rumi -
Meditations on love by the founder of the Mawlawi Sufi Order, Mowlana Jalaluddin Rumi.
Lian Records -
Lian Records presents a new approach to music inspired by mystical world music and Persian
Sufi music and literature. It has a good section about Persian music with some good
articles.
Nusrat has Left
the Building... But When? - A film made on the metamorphic career of the late sufi
qawwali singer.
A
Survey of Sufi Music - A detailed survey of Sufi Music,its geographical distribution
and marketability. Also contains many online bibliographic references.
The Nimatullahi Sufi
Order - Their history, principles and practices; includes a profile of their present
Master, addresses centres around the world.
Penkalai Katalikkiren
- Explores the idea of the feminine in Islam, drawing particularly on Sufi sources.
Sufi Ruhaniat
International - Information about the order, its beliefs and practices, with profiles
of their sheikhs. Includes a collection of articles, and calendar of events.
Sacred-Texts:
Islam - Crosslinked etexts of Palmer and Pickthall English renderings of the Qur'an
and a transliterated Arabic Qur'an, plus A Manual of Hadith, and a number of primary Sufi
texts (Rumi, Hafiz, Sa'di, Al-Ghazzali).
Sufi Conference
- An annual conference in the US, open to Sufis of all lineages. Includes program, and
reporting of previous conferences..
Sufi Dar Chennai
- About the various activities of Sufi Dar in the city. Includes the biography of Baba
Nebhraj Sahib.
Sufi Healing
Order - Their primary activity is spiritual healing. Information on their philosophy,
retreats, and training activities; also offer a forum, newsletter and online catalog of
materials.
The International
Sufi Movement - Founded by Hazrat Inayat Khan. Information on its teachings, worship,
activities, and a biography of the founder. Also includes listings of events and
international contacts.
Sindhi Sufi Music
- RealAudio collection of Sufi music from Sindh.
Sufi Order
International - North America - Information on the group, and Hazrat Inayat Khan;
includes a reference library, biographies, and addresses of local centres.
Sufi-Order
Canada - A comprehensive introduction to the Sufi Order International in Canada, with
information on their philosophy, practices and activities in Toronto.
The Sufi Reiki
Association - Explanation of the therapy and list of local courses offered.
Sufi Style - The
writings of two young men on a quest for truth and world conquest.
Sufi Women
Organization - International humanitarian organisation promoting human rights.
Information about their projects, campaigns, events, and publications; also provide a
collection of articles on women and Islam.
Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan - A
tribute by Aporup Acharya on the Sufi sage with a voice from heaven who enjoined to a task
on earth.
The
Ahmadiyya Movement - Harsh words about Mirza Ghulam Ahmad, from a Sufi group that
considers him to be the Antichrist.
Serving the Guest: A
Sufi Cookbook and Art Gallery - Recipes from the Maghreb to Indonesia, ranging from
small helpings to substantial dishes and from soups to sweets.
Tanbour -
Tanbour.org is a New York base institute focused on performing and teaching Persian Sufi,
spiritual and folk music.
The Abode of the
Message - Sufi community, retreat and conference center offers individual and group
programs in the Berkshire mountain area of upstate New York. Details of schedule and
facilities.
The Window: Abu
Hamid Al-Ghazali - Biography of this noted Persian Sufi thinker.
Sufism's
Many Paths - An annotated and explanatory web directory of Sufism designed for
students, scholars, and the general public. It includes sections on major Sufis and
Orders, doctrine and practice, Qur'an commentary and definitions of Sufism, Sufism in the
West, Sufi women and the relationship between Sufism and Islam.
A
History of Western Sufism - Outline of a book by Andrew Rawlinson, exploring the
phenomenon of Western Sufi teachers and orders.
Triangle Sufi
Center - North Carolina branch of the Interntional Sufi Movement. Information on
Sufism, with quotes and articles from Hazrat Inayat Khan, and details of events.
Zenith Institute
- Organizes Sufi summer camps in the Swiss Alps. Information on activities.
