Sufism in Pakistan

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@Frozen_Oxygen

An interesting article on Dawn.com . I think it points out a very important issue how religious cleriks and sufis use religion to exploit people in Pakistan.

I have often wondered whether the way of Sufi is the true Islam and this article confuses me more…

It is often assumed that Sufism stands opposed to Wahhabism. Wrong. Sufism and Wahhabism, in fact, share a fatal characteristic – they are religions of the status quo. In Pakistan, Sufism legitimises barbarities of inequality and starvation – ‘do nothing, it’s god’s will’ - while at the same time justifying structures of oppressive power, Pirism and landlordism, rather like Wahhabism in Saudi Arabia. Contemporary Sufism, rather than being a solution to Pakistan’s problems, is the cause…

Link:
DAWN.COM | Pakistan | The bad Sufi

http://ravi.lums.edu.pk/sabieh/sufism-05-04.pdf

http://ravi.lums.edu.pk/sabieh/suf-fantasies-20-02.pdf