Sufism, the mystical path of Islam, is a key feature of the complex Islamic culture of South Asia today. Inflected with philosophies and traditions from other Muslim lands and with pre-Islamic rites and practices, Sufism offers a corrective to the image of Islam as monolithic and uniform. Indeed, the expressive practices and creations of Sufism--its poetry, music, dance, graphic arts, calligraphy and architecture--have tremendous appeal throughout the ...
