ABSTRACT
A final complication is that there are indeed many Americans involved in Sufi movements who emphasize historical Sufism’s language and goal of ‘the transcendent unity of God beyond all distinctions’ (including religious differences) in a way that
denies any ‘essential’ connection of Sufism with the religion of Islam.4 Despite this constellation of issues affecting the discourse on Sufism, there is enough evidence to suggest that contemporary Sufi orders have been continuing their historical role as major sources of transmission of Islamic cultural and religious beliefs, values and practices to North America.
