Why Sufism didn't flourish in west?

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Re: Why Sufism didn’t flourish in west?

@muqawwee123

Any views?
@hareem01 @psyah @Ali_Syed @Jolie

I recently attended a penal discussion, where they said that Sufism flourish where there is a tradition of ‘Expectation’ then ‘Invitation’

Western culture is all about invitation. You need to get appointment to visit someone, otherwise, you may face cold behavior.

In East ‘expectation’ culture prevail thats why Khanqah culture flourished, where unexpected arrivals were also welcomed. In east, there has been a tradition of entertaining ‘bin bulae mehmaan’.

I think its about times. West too has gone through some phases of exhibiting cultural values that East exhibits today like joint family system and usual gatherings of people at street level etc. Now you can see westernized tradition in Pakistan as well.
For sufism, when West was following Christianity practically there must be some sort of sufism there. Instead, there are some parallels between Islamic sufism and Chritianity. Rahbaniat/ seclusion is a practice from Chritianity which is followed by sharia condemning sufis same way followed in Christianity. And religious sufis apporve temporal seclusion.
for another example, you could observe the similar attitude in sufis as Christianity says, whoever slaps you on your right cheek, turn the other to him also
where as this was updated in Islam as if someone slaps you, you have full right to take revenge.