Sufi, on the other hand ... "They see themselves as transcending labels, so the Sunni-[Shiite] thing is … irrelevant." ...

BAGHDAD — A deadly attack on a gathering of Sufi Muslims last week has shaken adherents to the mystical brand of Islam, who fear they will be increasingly targeted by puritanical insurgents bent ...

Sufism, or tasawwuf ... the same Koran and accept the same five pillars of Islam. The schism between Sunni and Shiite is historical and political, stemming from the early days of Islam and ...

A Sufi–an often misused term today–simply ... and maintaining their religious traditions. Sufis can be either Shiite or Sunni. Sheikh Gailani would not say that he enjoyed an easy life under ...

Members of Sunni and Shia communities may adopt elements of Sufism within their faith, but there are some Sunni Muslims that dismiss Sufism as a legitimate branch of the religion. For ...

Various Shia sub-sects formed, including the fanatical Assassins, the Alawites in Syria and the Ismailis, whose leader is the Aga Khan. Some mystical sufi movements created a bridge between Sunni ...

9 Other affiliations, such as membership in a Sufi order, may overlap with Sunni and Shia identities. Although Sufism has a long history within Islam, relatively few Muslims describe themselves as ...

Western Sufi enthusiasts often seem to view Sufism ... the same applied to all religious enthusiasts back then, whether Sunni, Shiite, Christian or Jew. Before the war began, Sufis were seen ...

Sunni Muslims usually celebrate the fleeing ... told Newsweek that "it's very common amongst Shia communities and some Sufi groups as well that they remember this harrowing incident by expressing ...

During Syria’s civil war, protecting the revered Sayyida Zeinab shrine was a rallying cry for some Shiite fighters and groups from beyond the country’s borders backing then-President Bashar Assad.