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Sufism: Islamic Mysticism and the Annihilation of Self in God

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The Importance of Sufism

Adnan Hussein is a medieval Mediterranean and Islamic world historian in the Department of History at Queen's University. He was raised in Sufism and wanted to talk about this branch of mysticism that I myself am not overly familiar with so I'm going to sort of learn along with the audience in a lot of ways here. It's an umbrella term really for a variety of devotional and spiritual currents within this global religious tradition and culture that has existed for 14 and a half centuries.

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