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Shi'ism & Iran, Sufism Unveiled, The Evil of Liberalism

Abdolkarim Soroush’s Futile Attempt at Diluting Islam

28/02/2024 ADMIN

Hosein Haj Faraj Dabbagh, best known by his pen name, Abdolkarim Soroush, an Iranian Shia-Sufi religious and political philosopher, at his temporary office in Tehran, 1st March 1999.

Abdolkarim Soroush (born Hossein Haj Faraj Dabbagh; born 16 December 1945; Persian: حسين حاج فرج دباغ) is a former professor of philosophy at the University of Tehran and Imam Khomeini International University.

Soroush stands as one of the most influential figures in Iran’s religious intellectual movement. Returning to Iran from England, where he studied and was exposed to Western philosophies amidst the Iranian Revolution of 1978-79, he swiftly ascended to a prominent position on the Committee of the Cultural Revolution.

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Sufism Unveiled, Tashayyu' / Shi'ism

The Heresies of Rumi: The Ibn Arabi of the Persianate World

26/02/2024 ADMIN

Jalal al-Din Muhammad al-Rumi (d. 672 AH/1273 CE), or simply Rumi, is the most famous Sufi poet and scholar (nominally a Hanafi-Maturidi) who was born in the Persian lands of Balkh (in modern-day Afghanistan).

Greater Balkh was at that time a major centre of Persian culture, and heretical forms of Sufism had developed there for several centuries, incorporating deviant beliefs (similar to Hindu and other polytheistic beliefs).

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Sufism Unveiled

Rumi’s Penis-centred mysticism

23/02/2024 ADMIN

Jalal al-Din Muhammad al-Rumi (d. 672 AH/1273 CE), or simply Rumi, was one of the famous medieval Sufi poets and scholars born in the Persian lands of Balkh (in modern-day Afghanistan). He followed the path of Ibn Arabi, the Sufi thinker, in his belief in Wahdat al-Wujud (pantheism). He is essentially regarded as the Ibn Arabi of the Ajam/Persianate world.

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Sufism Unveiled

X-rated Absurd Sufi Tale: The Sufi Master Who Disciplines with His Humongous Genital

16/02/2024 ADMIN

Yusuf al-Nabahani was a famous Sufi (Shadhili order) who dedicated his efforts to campaign against the ‘Wahhabi’ movement and also wrote against Shaykh al-Islam ibn Taymiyyah (may Allah have mercy upon him). He served as a qadi (judge) in the Ottoman Empire and sent his daughter’s son, Taqiuddin al-Nabhani, to his colleagues and teachers at Al-Azhar University in Cairo. Later, Taqiuddin played a significant role in establishing the Hizb ut-Tahrir group.