Hi Samya,
I already told you that Soufism is, in Islam, and from the theological
point of view, the closer to the machine's theology, which is not
astonishing given that they are closer to Neoplatonism too (and I have
explained that the mathematical theology of the universal machine is
close to Neoplatonism, and also to the Neopythagoreanism of the
earlier centuries).
I have discovered the Alevi Bektashi sects since, and they confirmed
my feeling, not only with respect to the theological science, but also
with respect to practice and their openness to other religion (which
*is* a sign of genuine faith in the machine's faith).
Do you know them?
I realise also that Ataturk made a big mistake. Wanting to eliminate
the weight of religion in Turkey, he persecuted them and installed the
Sunni instead, which are rarely open to other religion and can often
use the "argument" of force (as we can see today in some countries,
alas).
http://www.islamicpluralism.org/2340/the-bektashi-alevi-continuum-from-the-balkans-to
On the french wikipedia, they assert also that the veil is not
obligatory, and that the bektashi woman can marry without any problem
a man with another religion. The woman bektashi prays together with
the man, which is nice, but also religiously serious if I can say.
Woman are treated like man. They are egalitarian, and have often fight
against the use of authority in religion and politics. Nor do they
pray in the direction of the Mecca.
The Alevi (alone) people have originally claim that their religion is
anterior to Islam, despite close to Shi'ism after the influence of
Muhammad and Ali (Muhammad's nephew and sun in law). There are obvious
link with Zoroastrism (the "mother" of the abrahamic religion).
I find them very interesting. The main point closer to machine's
theology, is that they have a non literal, mystic interpretation of
the Quran, which is directly reflected in their spiritual flexibility
and openness to *apparently different* faith. They understand that
sacred texts are parabola to help the attempt to the personal
experience of the divine, which is very often discouraged if not
forbidden once a religion is institutionalized.
Best,
Bruno
http://iridia.ulb.ac.be/~marchal/
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