The one with the red string braclets? Yeah i've heard about it... i dunno what its roots are though, seems like this religion sprung up over-night so i'd like to see its history. Seems to me that some celebritys are just doing this to make them seem more interlectual

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Its a mystical-Jewish sect, bit like the Sufi sect of Islam, and they've even managed to infiltrate our uni! Fuckin hippies!

It's just a celebrity fad. From what I've heard it's nothing special. Celebs are weird. So is Scientology.

Sufism is not a sect of islam

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Originally posted by fastmp3 Sufism is not a sect of islam

Yea it is

maybe the guys in your uni wanna create a sect or something, but sufism is definitely not a sect of islam

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Originally posted by fastmp3 maybe the guys in your uni wanna create a sect or something, but sufism is definitely not a sect of islam

Yea it is

i'm not even gonna bother with you on this one

definition of a sect : A sect is a small religious group that has branched off of a larger established religion. Sects have many beliefs and practices in common with the religion that they have broken off from, but are differentiated by a number of doctrinal differences

Sufism (Arabic تصوف taṣawwuf) is a system of esoteric philosophy commonly associated with Islam. In modern language it might also be referred to as "Islamic spirituality" or "Islamic mysticism". Some non-Islamic Sufi organizations also exist, especially in the West.Many Sufi practitioners are organized into a very diverse range of brotherhoods and sisterhoods. Although many orders ("tariqas") can be classified as Shi'a or Sunni or even both, there are a few that are clearly neither Shiah nor Sunni and so constitute a separate sphere of Islamic faith.

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Originally posted by fastmp3 i'm not even gonna bother with you on this one definition of a sect : A sect is a small religious group that has branched off of a larger established religion. Sects have many beliefs and practices in common with the religion that they have broken off from, but are differentiated by a number of doctrinal differences Sufism (Arabic تصوف taṣawwuf) is a system of esoteric philosophy commonly associated with Islam. In modern language it might also be referred to as "Islamic spirituality" or "Islamic mysticism". Some non-Islamic Sufi organizations also exist, especially in the West.Many Sufi practitioners are organized into a very diverse range of brotherhoods and sisterhoods. Although many orders ("tariqas") can be classified as Shi'a or Sunni or even both, there are a few that are clearly neither Shiah nor Sunni and so constitute a separate sphere of Islamic faith.

Ok I'm confused as your two quotes suggest Sufiam is a sect of Islam...

George i am disappointed

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Originally posted by fastmp3 George i am disappointed

Well as far as I am concerned Sufism is considered a sect of Islam (ie it eveloved from Islam and was influenced by Islam)