Sufism and the 'Modern' in Islam

Martin van Bruinessen is Professor of Islamic Studies at Utrecht University and the International Institute for the Study of Islam in the Modern World (ISIM), both in the Netherlands. Julia Day Howell is Associate Professor in Asian Studies at Griffith University and Deputy Director of the Griffith Asia Institute (Brisbane, Australia).

• Preface and Acknowledgements INTRODUCTION1. Sufism and the ‘Modern’ in IslamPART I: MODALITIES OF SUFI ORGANIZATION AND PRACTICES IN MODERN SOCIETY 2. What is a Sufi Order? Revisiting the concept through a case study of the Khalwatiyya in contemporary Egypt 3. Sufism and Modernity in Turkey: From the authenticity of experience to the practice of discipline 4. Elements of Neo-traditional Sufism in Iran 5. Saint and Sufi in Contemporary Mali 6. Saints, Politicians and Sufi Bureaucrats: Mysticism and politics in Indonesia’s New Order PART II: THE INTERRELATION OF SUFISM AND ISLAMIC REFORM 7. Sufi Fundamentalism between India and the Middle East 8. The Reformist Sufism of the Tablighi Jama`at: The Case of the Meos of Mewat, India 9. National Crisis and the Representation of Traditional Sufism in Indonesia: The periodicals Salafy and Sufi 10. Sufi Modernities in Contemporary Senegal: Religious dynamics between the local and the global 172PART III: BREAKING OUT OF THE MOULD: SUFISM IN NEW SETTINGS 11. Intimate Disciples in the Modern World: The creation of translocal amity among South Asian Sufis in Britain 12. Modernity and Islamic Spirituality in Indonesia’s New Sufi Networks 13. God by All Means … Eclectic faith and Sufi resurgence among the Moroccan bourgeoisie 14. The Development of a Modern Western Sufism CONCLUDING REFLECTIONS 15. Contemporary Sufism and Current Social Theory NotesNotes on Contributors Note on Transliteration References Glossary 353Index

'Whilst the media, politicians and the public have been preoccupied post 9/11 with radical Islamism, scholars of Islam have been opening up a rich seam of Sufism. Most of this research can be found in this fine book, which can act as a benchmark on studies of contemporary Sufism' Dr. Philip Lewis, Honorary Visiting Lecturer, Department of Peace Studies, University of Bradford