Let me assure you, REAL Sufism is a science, and it has only one purpose- Purify the soul of a person while strictly remaining withing the boundaries of Shariah. The Companions of Prophet (PBUH) had the purest of souls, and that along with many other factors made them perform miracles. Sufism makes an attempt at purifying soul – THAT IS ALL TO IT! Anyone suggesting anything beyond this for Sufism is ‘transgressing’ beyond true Sufism, and can be called whatever you may please – In yours, and many other cases; They’re still called Sufis, hence spoiling the name of Sufi’s.

Sufism is not complete Islam; Sufism is not even a major part of Islam. Sufism is a minor branch of Islam, and its not even necessary for a person to know it – And a true Sufi would always tell you this, if you can purify your soul, your heart in such a manner than this world looks like a wasteground and anything it has to offer is junk, then you really dont need Sufism. And you’d be rewarded more than a True Sufi if you can do that.

I’m still not a fan of Hamza Yusuf, you can throw all the dirt you want to at him. Whole purpose of my comment was to tell you that Sufism in its purest form is a divine science, and it exists rarely today. It has been spoiled by people who I feel disgrace in even calling humans, let along Muslims!

Hamza Yusuf is clearly a two faced fool.  Anyone who has heard his lectures from the 90’s, which can be heard on Youtube, can see that this guy has a few screws loose.

The Dajjal (Hadith loving Muslims version of the Anti Christ) is your borders gift card, the government is collecting this data and doing “statistical” analysis, does that sound the like ravings of a sane man?

Now with that said, his leanings toward “sufism” is rather disturbing, it is like the modern Western fad of Buddhism.  It may seem benign, but hardcore Buddhist’s are so in love with the Dali Llama (a man who basically lived as a King in Tibet along with all of the “monks” at the expense of the common man) that they not only excuse his former repressive rule of Tibet, but even embrace his stern opposition (which has even provoked violence) against “deviant” practices such as Dorje Shugden.

“Sufi” Islam is far more dangerous than any Salafist.  “Sufi” Islam is basically “folk” Islam and has been associated with all kinds of dangerous and superstitious evil practices such as strapping clamps to children’s heads in Sindh to perpetuate tribute being paid to Sufi Mystics who run the Shrine of Shah Dola who offer blessings to the people who pray their.  They also use the children to beg to raise revenue.

That is just one example of sufi “islam.”  Religious leaders are a blight on humanity and Hamza Yusuf is no different.

With that said I am a proud Muslim, I have no qualms with the Holy Quran or even harsh punishments decried by the Shariah.  What is troubling to me is the level dishonesty among my brothers (including Hamza Yusuf) and their lack of hard work ethnic and desire to acquire capital to build industrialized societies.  Progress does not mean accepting gays and free sex, progress means inventing new technologies to reduce travel time, increase communication speeds, reduce mortality rates, and increase yields and productivity in agriculture and manufacturing.

It seems to me that the writer of this article not only is offended by the treasoness behavior of Hamza Yusuf, but is also angered by anyone who does not pledge blind allegiance to America.

Any self respecting immigrant would not look at his or her stay in the West as permanent but rather an opportunity to acquire skills and expertise as well as act as an agent in the transfer of capital from the resource rich and labor scarce West to their homelands and increase global production.