Essays about: "Naqshbandi-Haqqani"

Found 1 essay containing the word Naqshbandi-Haqqani.

  1. 1. The Struggle for Purity : Naqshbandi-Haqqani Sufism in Eastern London

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Centrum för teologi och religionsvetenskap

    Author : Simon Stjernholm; [2006]
    Keywords : islam; sufism; Naqshbandi-Haqqani; London; social movements; group identity; religion and sociology; sociala rörelser; gruppidentitet; religionssociologi; Sociology; Sociologi; Philosophy and Religion; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : The Naqshbandi-Haqqani Sufi order has spread throughout the world extensively since it was founded in 1973 by its Sheikh Muhammad Nazim Adil al-Haqqani. The present thesis analyses one local branch of that order in Eastern London within a theoretical framework of New Social Movements, as formulated by the Italian sociologist Alberto Melucci. READ MORE