Sufism still has a deep influence on the varied populations of the Middle East. Sufism grew historically as a reaction against the rigid legalism of the orthodox religious leadership and as a counterweight to the growing worldliness of the expanding Muslim empire.

How is Sufism distinguished from other practices of the religion it is branched from? Which religion is it aligned with?

Sufism is a mystical practice that emphasizes unique rituals for guiding spiritual seekers of Islamic faith.
Sufism rejects wealth and class distinctions. Sufism emphasizes the importance of living a simple life modeled after Buddha.
Sufism is a response to turn away from worldliness and follow Zoroastrianism.
Sufism aligns with dietary changes to bring about oneness with nature as found in Shintoism.

“dear sir: it is with great reluctance, i trouble you on a subject, which does not fall within your province; but it is a subject that occasions me more distress, than i have felt, since the commencement of the war; and which loudly demands the most zealous exertions of every person of weight and authority, who is interested in the success of our affairs. i mean the present dreadful situation of the army for want of provisions, and the miserable prospects before us, with respect to futurity. it is more alarming than you will probably conceive, for, to form a just idea, it were necessary to be on the spot. for some days past, there has been little less, than a famine in camp. a part of the army has been a week, without any kind of flesh, and the rest for three or four days. naked and starving as they are, we cannot enough admire the incomparable patience and fidelity of the soldiery, that they have not been ere this excited by their sufferings, to a general mutiny or dispersion. strong symptoms, however, discontent have appeared in particular instances; and nothing but the most acitive efforts every where can long avert so shocking a catastrophe.” what’s the central idea?

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