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Punjabi folk is quite beautiful. Sufi music is great, and the lyrically it's profoundly beautiful. For someone who's new to it I think Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan is

• 082349872349872 6y ago
  I'm a big fan of Nasreddin stories, so could someone please give me an ELI5 condensation of the role of Sufism within wider islamic thought?
  • rubzah 6y ago
    It's basically just people who go deep on the spirituality part of religion, with very intense prayer and meditation, very focused lifestyle, etc. Religiously they generally adhere to the mainstream schools of Islam and consider themselves part of the wider religious community. The more recent movement of Salafism, centered in Saudi Arabia, has made Sufism one of their targets in their quest to 'clean up' Islam, since it doesn't fit into their back-to-basics view on religion. So there is quite a big schism now between this movement and its followers, and the general community (for whom Sufism is an ingrained, and often treasured, tradition).