Prof. Abdulaziz Sachedina
Professor of Religious Studies
University of Virginia
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The spiritual journey of the Sufi mystic is described in terms of practices, such as Koranic recitation, piety, virtue, and conceptual analysis. The status of the wali is given to a holy person by the general public and is manifest in the relationship between a wali and his students. The tension between the “ulama”, or Muslim jurist, and the “sheik”, as Sufi mystic is also discussed.
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