Sponsoring Sufism argues that governments are sponsoring Sufism not only because they see it as an 'apolitical' movement that won't challenge their existing authority, but also that ties to Sufi orders gives them religious credibility, something they seek as they face the rise of Islamist parties.

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Fait Muedini is Assistant Professor of International Studies at Butler University, USA and a Fellow at the Desmond Tutu Center for Peace, Global Justice, and Reconciliation Studies at the Christian Theological Seminary, USA and Butler University, USA. He also founded and runs the website www.internationalrelations.org.

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Book Title: Sponsoring Sufism
Book Subtitle: How Governments Promote “Mystical Islam” in their Domestic and Foreign Policies
Authors: Fait Muedini
Series Title: Palgrave Studies in Religion, Politics, and Policy
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137521071
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan New York
eBook Packages: Palgrave Political Science Collection, Political Science and International Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Nature America Inc. 2015
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-137-52106-4Due: 15 July 2015
eBook ISBN: 978-1-137-52107-1Published: 15 July 2015
Series ISSN: 2731-6769
Series E-ISSN: 2731-6777
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: IX, 219
Topics: Middle Eastern Politics, Islam, Environmental Politics, Political Science, US Politics, Political Theory

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