Ṣūfī and Sultāns in Southeast Asia and Kurdistan: A Comparative Survey

Abstract

<p><span id="result_box" lang="en"><span class="hps">This paper describes</span> <span class="hps">the</span> <span class="hps">stories</span> <span class="hps">about the relationship</span> <span class="hps">between</span> <span class="hps">Sufi</span> <span class="hps">with</span> <span class="hps">the king</span> <span class="hps">in the process of</span> <span class="hps">Islamization of</span> <span class="hps">a</span> <span class="hps">society</span> <span class="hps">that is</span> <span class="hps">a lot of</span> <span class="hps">coloring</span> <span class="hps">the literature</span> <span class="hps">in the Muslim world</span><span>.</span> <span class="hps">This happens</span> <span class="hps">due to</span> <span class="hps">the fact</span> <span class="hps">that the</span> <span class="hps">relationship</span> <span class="hps">between</span> <span class="hps">the world</span> <span class="hps">religions</span> <span class="hps atn">(</span><span>spiritual</span><span>)</span> <span class="hps">with</span> <span class="hps">the world</span> <span class="hps">powers</span> <span class="hps atn">(</span><span>the material</span><span>)</span> <span class="hps">is always a</span> <span class="hps">problem</span> <span class="hps">that is</span> <span class="hps">somewhat</span> <span class="hps">typical</span><span>.</span> <span class="hps">On the</span> <span class="hps">one hand</span><span>,</span> <span class="hps">people</span> <span class="hps">tend to assume</span> <span class="hps">that</span> <span class="hps">a Sufi</span> <span class="hps">should not</span> <span class="hps">approach</span> <span class="hps">politics</span><span>,</span> <span class="hps">because</span> <span class="hps">it is</span> <span class="hps">contrary to the</span> <span class="hps">ascetic</span> <span class="hps">world</span> <span class="hps">she lived.</span></span></p><p>Copyright (c) 2014 by SDI. All right reserved.</p><p><strong>DOI: <span><a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.15408/sdi.v3i3.798">10.15408/sdi.v3i3.798</a></span></strong></p>