<p>Among the various Muslim communities that were articulating their doctrinal positions in the early Islamic centuries, one in particular was known derisively as the Ghulat ('extremists'). This was owing to their specific interpretation of Islam, which included an 'extreme' devotion to the Shi'i Imams and the family of the Prophet, and controversial religio ... Show More
Jul 29
"From Remembrance to Insight: Hudur al-Qalb and Basirah in Salat and Dhikr" by Mishaal Javed and Miguel Farias
In this presentation, Mishaal Javed and Miguel Farias present original qualitative research into how practitioners of salat and dhikr experience heart-centred insight and clarity. Comparing Islamic devotional practice with mindfulness meditation, and situating their findings alon ... Show More
26m 28s
Jul 29
"Fiṭra and Presential Consciousness: Qur'anic Ways of Knowing Beyond Physicalism" by Syed AmirHossein Asghari
In this presentation, Syed AmirHossein Asghari develops a Sufi account of fiṭra — humanity's innate God-orientation — as a genuine mode of non-conceptual, presential knowledge. Drawing on Qur'anic verses and later thinkers like Mullā Ṣadrā and ʿAllāmah Ṭabāṭabāʾī, he connects thi ... Show More
26m 46s
Jul 29
"Sufism as 'Mysticism': A Global Religious History Approach" by Liana Saif
In this presentation, Liana Saif interrogates the now-automatic pairing of Sufism with the word "mysticism." Tracing this label back through Orientalist, Traditionalist, and Perennialist thinkers, she argues that "mysticism" obscures more historically grounded frameworks like al- ... Show More
25m 5s