Dr. Ibrahim B. Syed, President, Islamic Research Foundation International Muhammad Ali was born on January 17, 1942 in Louisville, Kentucky. He became a legendary boxer by virtue of becoming the first and only three-time lineal World Heavyweight Boxing Champion. This article provides detailed information about his childhood, life, boxing career, achievements & timeline. Introduction "Sufism" is the English term used to refer to mystical interpretations and practices of the Islamic religion. This mystical strand is designated in Arabic by the term tasawwuf, while in Persian the term irfan (gnosis) is also used. Proponents of Sufism see it as inextricably arising from the Qurʾanic teachings of an immanent divinity who is "closer than the jugular vein Overview Of Sufism. Sufism is an inner mystical dimension of Islam practiced by different turuq which is a congregation formed around mawla who trace their teachings to Prophet Muhammad. Turuq meet for spiritual sessions referred to as majlis in places known as Zawiyas or tekke. Baba Farīd was born in 1188 (573 AH) in Kothewal, 10 km from Multan in the Punjab region, to Jamāl-ud-dīn Suleimān and Maryam Bībī (Qarsum Bībī), daughter of Wajīh-ud-dīn Khojendī. [5] Amaresh Datta gives his life span as 1178-1271. [6] He received his early education at Multan, which had become a centre for Muslim education. A major institutional prong of these reforms has been a long process of bringing zawaya more effectively under state control. To expand its oversight of Morocco's religious sphere, the monarchy has tasked the Ministry of Religious Endowments and Islamic Affairs and the Ministry of the Interior with supervising Sufi orders and zawaya more closely. 2 The king seeks to empower key zawaya and The Chishtī Order (Persian: چشتی chishtī) is a tariqa, an order or school within the mystic Sufi tradition of Sunni Islam.The Chishti Order is known for its emphasis on love, tolerance, and openness. It began with Abu Ishaq Shami in Chisht, circa 930 AD in a small town near Herat, a strategic city in then Eastern Persia, which later became independent and then part of Afghanistan. MTO Shahmaghsoudi® - School of Islamic Sufism® is an international non-profit organization with centers on six continents, with over one million members. Chatting with people here, on reddit, I have been periodically hinted to the fact that Kabir was a heretic, or Rumi or Rabia were Sufis, and Sufism is a perversion according to some believers Islam. The worst of my conversation has had these guys been called 'grave worshippers' and heretics. Many of my conversations at r/islam have gone to show X0VwqF.