What was the appeal of Sufism for many Muslims? Why was it rejected by much of the elite in the Islamic Empire?
What will be an ideal response?
A. Appeal of Sufism
1. war alone could not heal the divisions among Muslims and equip the
Islamic world to expand
2. needed shapers of a religion that could appeal to a diversity of cultures
and engage human sympathies and sensibilities without provoking
conflict
3. had enormous popular appeal
a. Gilani, successor to al-Hallaj, became one of the most popular
preachers in mid-eleventh-century Baghdad
b. offered a simple morality of dependence on God as an
alternative to the rigid legalism of Islamic scholars
4. emphasis on experience, faith, and emotions was universally accessible
5. habits of holiness satisfied ordinary people's craving for saints
B. Rejected by elite
1. divergence between legal-minded and mystic-minded Muslim theologians
a. Islamic authorities put al-Hallaj to death, because he claimed to have achieved self-extinction and mystical union with God
b. legal-minded Islamic intellectuals could not tolerate cultural differences among Muslims and between Muslims and non-Muslims
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