INTRODUCTION Sufism, Pluralism and Democracy: contexts, comparisons and critiques Clinton Bennett Section One: Multi-contextual 1. Sufis, Saints and Politics in Islam: an historical survey Clinton Bennett Section Two: European/Euro Asian Contexts (Kosovo/Albania & Turkey) 2. Sufism as a Working Spirit in Globalization and Pluralism: The Case of the Hizmet Movement, a Turkey-oriented Global Islamic Network (Turkey) Heon C. Kim, East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania 3. A Paradox of Political Mysticism: The Bektashi Sufi Order as an Islamic Esoteric Community and Factor in Albanian National History (Kosova/the Balkans) Stephen Schwartz, Center for Islamic Pluralism, Washington DC Section Three: A Middle Eastern Context (Iran) 4. Sufi Politics in the Contemporary West: The Role and Definition of Sufism in the works of Javad Nurbakhsh (1926-2008) (Iran) Milad Milani, University of Western Sydney Section Four: South Asian Contexts: Bangladesh, Indonesia & Pakistan 5. Anti-saint or anti-shrine? Tracing Deoband's disdain for the Sufi in Pakistan Charles M. Ramsey, Forman Christian College, Lahore, Pakistan 6.
Sufis as shapers of pluralist political culture: the examples of Bangladesh and Indonesia Clinton Bennett 7. In Search of God, In Search of Humanity: Vilayat-e-Mutlaqa of Hazrat Delaor Husayn Maizbhandari (Bangladesh) Sarwar Alam Section Five: Literary/Theoretical Underpinnings 8. Two Beloved Sufi poets of the Punjab: A Case of "Hearing Without Listening". Nikky-Guninder Kaur Singh, Colby College, Maine 9. Looking Inside the Heart: The Universal Appeal of God and Humanity as Reflected in Ibn al-'Arabi's Fusus al-Hikam and Maulana Rumi's Mathnawi Manawi Sayed Hassan Akhlaq Hussaini, George Washington University CONCLUSION: "Corporate Islam" v Sufi Islam and the articulation of the present Sarwar Alam.