From: "John A. E. Kuner" (jkuner@eniac.seas.upenn.edu)
Date: Wed, 5 Apr 1995 02:20:29 -0400 (EDT)
I was wondering whether or not having Tariq be into Sufism, even perhaps as part of his spellcasting or something, would be anachronistic, but I came across this in a discription of the various Sufi Orders..
Chishti (founder: Muin ad-Din Muhammad Chishti [1142-1236]). The Chishtis are most prominent in India and Pakistan and are known for inclusive, universalist teachings as well as their musicians and religious songs (in notable contrast to some Muslims who narrowly say that music is incompatible with Islam.) Chishti representatives were the first to introduce Sufism to Europe and North America. Hazrat Inayat Khan and his son Pir Vilayat Khan are the best known Chisti teachers in the West.
Coincidentally, this is the Order I'm most familiar with too. :)
- John