Tuesday 10 June 2008

Sufis

Sufis are interesting. They are mystic Muslims who don't believe that Mohammed had the last word.

Today's Australian has a report on how the boot is being put into some of them, in Indonesia, by other Muslims.

From the report:

Members of Ahmadiyah, which claims hundreds of thousands of followers in Indonesia, are persecuted in many parts of the world but nonetheless maintain a presence in 190 countries.

Key among the controversial aspects of the Sufi-linked group is its refusal to accept a basic tenet of mainstream Islamic theology: the place of the religion's founder, Mohammad, as the final prophet. Ahmadis, as they are known, believe their own founder, the 19th-century Indian mystic Mirza Ghulam Ahmad, was also a prophet.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

So many interesting parallels it's hard to know where to begin... thanks for that Gordon.