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Sufi History - The Origins of Sufism
Sufi history claims that mohammed was a sufi and the first of the truly historical ones. They are able to avoid the necessity of characterizing the prophet as the initiator of sufism by the same formula which they use in the explanation of the islamic faith itself. But recognition of the sufis as being of the same kidney as members of ancient philosophical schools, if there were substance in the matter, would have to come from sources outside sufism itself. There should be traces of their contact with, for instance, the greeks, their neighbours, and with the egyptians,. If there was a connection with moses and others in that
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