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The Nur Ashki Jerrahi Sufi Order is a Sufi organization based in New York City and México City. It is belongs to 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 initiation 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 founder.[3]
The organization is based at their Sufi lodges 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 organization.[5] Feisal Abdul Rauf served as the Imam of Dargah al-Farah from 1983 to 2009 and is one of the people behind the Cordoba Initiative.[5]
References
[edit]- ^ "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/
- ^ a b c Corbett, Rosemary R. (2016). Making Moderate Islam: Sufism, Service, and the "Ground Zero Mosque" Controversy. Stanford University Press. ISBN 9780804791281.
External links
[edit]- www.nurashkijerrahi.org The official website of the organization.