Abstract:In this article, I bring premodern and contemporary Bektaşi perspectives to the current ethical debate on gender equality in the Bektaşi Sufi order. While there is tremendous potential in the historical legacy of Kadıncık Ana, the spiritual successor of Hacı Bektaş-ı Veli (d. ca. 1271), and her peers who served as female spiritual leaders in the proto-Bektaşiyye, the institutionalization of the Bektaşi order resulted in the marginalization of women and their exclusion from certain opportunities and positions i… Show more
“…One of the major issues concerning such presence is the gender dynamics of Sufi communities in their new diasporic context, considering the differences between the West and most of the Islamic world with regard to their attitudes toward gender (for an overview of contemporary scholarship, see Sharify-Funk 2020). Sara Kuehn (2023a) tackles this subject by examining the spiritual path of Güllizar Cengiz (b. 1957; also known as Neriman Aşki Dervis , ), a contemporary Bektashi female dervish who was born in Turkey and migrated to Germany at the age of 21.…”
“Sufism is the major sacrifice offered by Islam on the altar of its modernization”, declares a contemporary scholar while explaining the modern challenges faced by Sufism (Weismann 2015, p [...]
“…One of the major issues concerning such presence is the gender dynamics of Sufi communities in their new diasporic context, considering the differences between the West and most of the Islamic world with regard to their attitudes toward gender (for an overview of contemporary scholarship, see Sharify-Funk 2020). Sara Kuehn (2023a) tackles this subject by examining the spiritual path of Güllizar Cengiz (b. 1957; also known as Neriman Aşki Dervis , ), a contemporary Bektashi female dervish who was born in Turkey and migrated to Germany at the age of 21.…”
“Sufism is the major sacrifice offered by Islam on the altar of its modernization”, declares a contemporary scholar while explaining the modern challenges faced by Sufism (Weismann 2015, p [...]
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