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Reza Aslan on Martyrdom, Islam, and Revolution

Conversations with Tyler

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Is Sufism Synchronized With Islam?

Can Sufism stand alongside the prophetic structure of Islam as something separate? Or is it synthesized with it into one consistent picture? It's a hardcore, brilliant theological question because it's been debated for generations. And what I will say is this, that Sufism is, like all mystical traditions, incredibly eclectic. There are some Sufis that are very traditionalist and hard to tell difference between them and your basic Sunni.

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