Nur Ashki Jerrahi Sufi Order
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The Nur Ashki Jerrahi Sufi Order is a contemporary Sufi Order based in New York City and México City. It is a descendant of the 18th century Jerrahi Order of Istanbul and was founded in the early 1980s by American Sufis Lex Hixon (known as Nur al-Anwar al-Jerrahi and Fariha Fatima al-Jerrahi after they received direct transmission from their spiritual guide Muzaffer Özak Âșkî al-Jerrahi, the Grand Sheikh of the Jerrahi Order from 1966 until his passing in 1985.[1][2] Sheikh Muzaffer Özak was the 19th successor of the founding saint[3]
General
The Nur Ashki Jerrahi Order is a tariqa of dervishes based at their Sufi lodges the Dergah al-Farah in downtown Manhattan, the Mezquita María de la Luz in México City, as well as in various lodges throughout the U.S. and worldwide. [4][5]
When Lex Hixon died in 1995, Fariha Fatima al-Jerrahi of New York and Amina Teslima al-Jerrahi of México succeeded him as leaders of the Nur Ashki Jerrahi Order.
Feisal Abdul Rauf served as Imam of Dergah al-Farah from 1983 to 2009. He is one of the people behind the Cordoba Initiative.[6]
References
- ^ "The Rise of the Sheikha". 6 June 2014.
- ^ Kasperski, J. G. (2021). The Halveti-Jerrahis & the Legacy of Sheikh Muzaffer in North America. Canada: University of Lethbridge.
- ^ Hazreti Pîr Muhammad Nureddin al-Jerrahi (1678-1720)]
- ^ https://nurashkijerrahi.org/
- ^ Corbett, Rosemary R. (2016). Making Moderate Islam: Sufism, Service, and the "Ground Zero Mosque" Controversy. Stanford University Press. ISBN 9780804791281.
- ^ Corbett, Rosemary R. (2016). Making Moderate Islam: Sufism, Service, and the "Ground Zero Mosque" Controversy. Stanford University Press. ISBN 9780804791281.
External links
- www.nurashkijerrahi.org The official website of the Nur Ashki Jerrahi Sufi Order.
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