Responses of mysticism to religious terrorism
Subtitle: Sufism and beyond
By: Mahmoud Masaeli & Rico Sneller (eds.).
Publisher: Gompel & Svacina
Published: 2020
Place of publication: Oud Turnhout
Language: eng
Number of pages: 281
ISBN-13: 9789463711906
Copyright date: 2020
Subjects: Terrorism; Religious aspects; Islam; Violence; Sufism; Customs and practices
Description: "This book explores how mystical traditions of either Abrahamic or non-Abrahamic religions hold the potential to challenge the discourse of political Islam and its terrorist intentions. It discusses the urgent need to reconsider mystical messages of love and recognition of difference against the poisonous evil of terrorism issuing from religious contexts. Throughout the publication, the editors draw together the main ideas and perspectives surrounding mystical Islam in real life and the practice of mystics alongside illustrating common beliefs and practices of Islamic mysticism. This book analyses the message and impacts of mysticism on the battle against the evil of religious terrorism, whilst examining successful stories and cases against violence and religious terrorism"--page 4 of cover.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Sufism and religious tolerance  -- Jad Hatem; title: A different image of law  -- Omid B. Milani; title: Language against language : reading Niffari in times of terrorism  -- Omar Rakhawy; title: Turkish Sufism against Islamic terrorism  -- Mutay Öztemiz; title: The home of Sufi saints : the role and contribution of Afghan Sufis and the mystical message of love and tolerance in Pashto poetry  -- Dawood Azami; title: Hermeneutics and consciousness : on 'Symbolism' in the Jewish Kabbalah  -- Rico Sneller; title: Mystic undertones in Emmanuel Levinas' metaphysic of ethics  -- Dick van Biemen; title: Vladimir Solov'yov on terror, love and violence  -- Evert van der Zweerde; title: Augustine's hermeneutic of scripture (Matthew 5:1-12) and Sufi practice against violence  -- lkechukwu Anthony Kanu; title: Hindu support of Sufism against Islamic terrorism  -- Monica Prabhakar; title: Theoretical narrative of de-radicalisation in India through the prism of state, society and international order  -- Saroj Kumar Rath ; Leena Chhabra; title: Can lgbo mysticism fight against Boko Haram? -- Stanley Uche Anozie