Sufism
Personal Relationship with God
Emphasis on Love – Devotion and
Communion with God
Goal of Oneness with Allah – methods or
techniques; “schools” or orders; Dervish
Iran, Syria and Turkey
1800s, Yemen – wandering preachers in
East Africa:
Somalia, Ethiopia, Sudan
Jamiya Mosque in Nairobi
Jenkins, Mar 2003
A “Mystical” Movement in Sunnism