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and the salvation to be found in love

What is the spiritual significance of tears and laughter

Politics of Piety is a groundbreaking analysis of Islamist cultural politics through the ethnography of a thriving

and a comfortable life

the nature of God

Two who Attained rug and the salvation to beRare glimpses of two 20th century Sufi saints are offered in this work: the eminent Shaykh al Alawi and the lesser known woman saint Fatima al Yashrutiyya, both of whom continued on the Sufi path even as they watched their world crumble. Shaykh al Alawi's influence was pivotal to the spiritual development of Thomas Merton, who looked to al Alawi's writings and teachings in his own practice. Fatima al Yashrutiyya is a rare example of a literate Muslim