Fred Björn
Fred Björn

@Jawnmard1

8 Tweets 41 reads Apr 29, 2023
The greatest anti-colonial Muslim warriors were Sufis. Sufism is not a pacifist tradition, but the Sufis followed the Islamic code of chivalry (futuwwa/jawanmardi), and did not kill civilians. It is important to note that
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this knowledge goes back to the Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) and Imam Ali (k).
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Omar Mukhtar was a prominent member of the Senussi Sufi order.
Imam Shamil was a Daghestani Sufi master who fought against Tsarist imperialists for 25 years.
American President James Buchanan honored Sufi master ʿAbd al-Qādir al-Jazairi as a great humanitarian for saving thousands of Christian lives in 1860.
Curious about Sufism?
Shaykh Dr. Umar Faruq Abdallah (Wymann Landgraf)
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Shaykh Dr. Abdal Hakim Murad (TJ Winter)
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Shaykh Dr. Abdal Hakim Murad (TJ Winter)
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It is interesting to note that Sultan Abdul Hamid II (رَحِمَهُ ٱللَّٰهُ) was initiated into the Shadhili Sufi order.

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