
The Dark Side of Sufism
by Ram Ohri – Former IPS officer and writes regularly on security issues, demographics, and occasionally, on policy. For centuries the Sufi creed and Sufi
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by Ram Ohri – Former IPS officer and writes regularly on security issues, demographics, and occasionally, on policy. For centuries the Sufi creed and Sufi

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Sanskriti comes from the Sanskrit root “kr” which means to do or to make prefix “sam” is applied before it to convey a sense of embellishment. It means actions done for the holistic refinement and perfection all the potentialities within a human being.
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