Your task in this essay is to do a study of the meaning and importance of the development of mysticism in Islam known as the Sufis. Compare the ideas of Sufism with the key tenants of the Sunni and Shia branches. Make sure you understand why the Sunnis and Shias executed and fought against the beliefs of the Sufi. You need to investigate the work of Rumi and his poetry and the Whirling Dervishes plus the story of the great Sufi martyr Al-Hallaj. How does the mystic form of Islam, Sufism, compare to the mysticism of Christianity and Judaism? Your bibliography will be important and you will need use a good format for citation of quotations in your paper. Use of the Curran textbook is not source because it is the course textbook read by all. Finally, what is the importance of Sufism for the future of Islam?
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