Alternative Healing: The Sufi Way, 2nd Edition
Es-Seyyid Es-Shaykh Taner Mustafa Ansari Tarsusi er Rifai el Qadiri was born in Tarsus, Turkey, to a devout Muslim family of Seyyids (descendants of Prophet Muhammad). He graduated from Gazi University in Turkey with a degree in linguistics and from Western Michigan University with a degree in ESL. At Western Michigan University he helped found the Muslim Students Association of the United States and Canada. He was initiated into the Qadiri Rifai Tariqa in Istanbul under Es-Seyyid Es-Shaykh Muhyiddin Ansari, from whom he received his license to teach Sufism. His spiritual lineage also includes the Naqshbandi, Mevlevi, and Bektashi orders, where his Shaykh Muhyiddin Ansari sent him to study. Under his Shaykh s orders, Shaykh Taner founded a new order of the Ansari Tariqa of the Qadiri Rifai Tariqa. After the passing of Shaykh Muhyiddin s lead khalifa, Shaykh Nureddin Ozal, who raised Shaykh Taner as the successor of the order, Shaykh Taner assumed the leadership of the Qadiri Rifai Sufi Order worldwide as his Shaykh decreed. Shaykh Taner and his wife Es-Sharifa Es-Shaykha Muzeyyen Ansari travel to and help establish the worldwide centers of the order. Shaykh Taner teaches and gives weekly talks internationally through live classes on the Internet. He also holds regular lectures and congregational zikr. He speaks about Islam and Sufism, alternative healing and sustainable living. Shaykh Taner is a healer. Along with his wife Shaykha Muzeyyen Ansari, he presents healing workshops worldwide for healers and health professionals and anyone else interested in the healing arts.