Nur Ashki Jerrahi Sufi Order

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The Nur Ashki Jerrahi Sufi Order is a modern dervish order (tariqah) of Islamic Mystics (Sufis). It is a branch of the Halveti-Jerrahi Tariqah of Istanbul, Turkey and was founded in the early 1980's by American Sufis Nur al-Anwar al-Jerrahi (a.k.a. - Lex Hixon) and Fariha Fatima al-Jerrahi after they received direct transmission from their teacher, Sheikh Muzaffer Ozak (Ashki) al-Jerrahi, the Grand Sheikh of the Halveti-Jerrahi Order at that time. Sheikh Muzaffer Ozak al-Jerrahi was the 19th successor to Hazreti Pir Muhammad Nureddin al-Jerrahi, the founding pir of the Halveti-Jerrahi Order.

[edit] General

The Nur Ashki Jerrahi Sufi Order is based at the Masjid al-Farah in New York City.

After its establishment, the order quickly found followers in the United States and Mexico. As the order grew, they demonstrated tolerance of seekers of God from any religion and they organized meetings with members of other religious communities.

When Nur al-Jerrahi died in 1995, Sheikha Fariha Fatima al-Jerrahi (New York) and Sheikha Amina Teslima al-Jerrahi (Mexico City) succeeded him as leaders of the order.

In New York City, members of the order run a bookstore called Sufi Books, where they carry a large selection of books on Sufism and religious mysticism from Pir Press, the publishing house also run by the order.

[edit] Locations

The Nur Ashki Jerrahi Order has Dervish communities in the following locations:

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