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I have been wondering about this
Sufi Order in America or whatever it is called exactly,
derived from the Hazrat Inayat Khan school
The latter was mostly well received in Holland -
for some reason. There was a thriving center of Inayat Khan's there
in I think The Hague. That was in the pre World War II years.
Perhaps it exists still, but some of the most devoted
followers of Inayat Khan were Dutch or lived in Holland.
Then his elder son and successor as head of the order, Pir Velayat Khan, brought more impetus
to their teaching.
Now it is HIS son who is active as the pir and has a center
in Vermont.
The problem is that they blend pro-Gandhi stuff
and Hinduism in with "Sufism", but are almost not
affiliated with Islam, it seems.
Do you, Mujib, or ANYONE HERE, know about them ?
I am asking in a skeptical sense because I always say
their books on the shelves and felt repelled so that I could not
pick up one to look at it!
I am trying to figure out WHAT repulsed me specifically.
I figure that maybe Mujib as the main exponent of
modern-day Sufi practice might have investigated this.
If he doesn't know or doesn't read this, then
whenever someone DOES see it, please write up something if you could to explain the Truth.
It irritates me to know that things are wrong.
I am rereading for the Nth time about the daughter,
Noor-un-nissa, which brought this topic to mind.
The current biographers never explain WHAT her father taught in any
remote detail. Probably they don't know, either !
Separately : Mujib, I did order one of the books you recommended
on Maulana Jelaluddin Rumi. Have not read it yet, though.
It seems an update of the old Aflaki biography of his master,
whose book I DID read ages ago and liked.
Sufi Order in America or whatever it is called exactly,
derived from the Hazrat Inayat Khan school
The latter was mostly well received in Holland -
for some reason. There was a thriving center of Inayat Khan's there
in I think The Hague. That was in the pre World War II years.
Perhaps it exists still, but some of the most devoted
followers of Inayat Khan were Dutch or lived in Holland.
Then his elder son and successor as head of the order, Pir Velayat Khan, brought more impetus
to their teaching.
Now it is HIS son who is active as the pir and has a center
in Vermont.
The problem is that they blend pro-Gandhi stuff
and Hinduism in with "Sufism", but are almost not
affiliated with Islam, it seems.
Do you, Mujib, or ANYONE HERE, know about them ?
I am asking in a skeptical sense because I always say
their books on the shelves and felt repelled so that I could not
pick up one to look at it!
I am trying to figure out WHAT repulsed me specifically.
I figure that maybe Mujib as the main exponent of
modern-day Sufi practice might have investigated this.
If he doesn't know or doesn't read this, then
whenever someone DOES see it, please write up something if you could to explain the Truth.
It irritates me to know that things are wrong.
I am rereading for the Nth time about the daughter,
Noor-un-nissa, which brought this topic to mind.
The current biographers never explain WHAT her father taught in any
remote detail. Probably they don't know, either !
Separately : Mujib, I did order one of the books you recommended
on Maulana Jelaluddin Rumi. Have not read it yet, though.
It seems an update of the old Aflaki biography of his master,
whose book I DID read ages ago and liked.
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