Sufism in the West: Islam in an Interspiritual Age

In this article as firstly Teasdale coined, the charasteritics of “Interspiritual Age” are mentioned and detailed how Eastern sufi orders that had been established in the Europe and America contributed to these movements especially after the second part of XX. century. The author both studied the link between these communities with Islam and presented their differences in discourse. The mutual part of four “murshid” that has been mattered here is the emphasis they put on the inner side of the person and the oneness of truth regardless any faith, sect or observance. Occasionally they appeal their participants by use of therminology and method of Tasawwuf. Although they only care the esoteric part of Islam Halman thinks that popularity of Tasawwuf in the West requires to coinsect Islam with -in other words- “New Age” opinions and get in contact with each other