Visionaries of Silence
Subtitle: The Reformist Sufi Order of the Demirdashiya al-Khalwatiya in Cairo
Publisher: American University in Cairo Press
Published: December 7, 2007
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 256
ISBN-13: 9789774160899
Subjects: Islam; Mysticism; Religion; Religion - World Religions; Egypt; Islam - Sufi; Religion / Sufism
Description: "Examining the role of the Demirdashiya in Egypt's history as well as its visionary piety, this book explores the dialectic between reform and vision in a stable Sufi order. It also probes how these competing ideals are incorporated into the physical world of the zawiya, mosque, and living quarters, and the extension of its influence in Europe through its most famous daughter, Qut al-Qulub, noted author and mother of the order's current shaikh."--Jacket.