International Journal of History

Author(s): Mudasir Mohmad Loan

Abstract: Throughout world Kashmir is known as brotherhood, tolerance, cohesive culture, communal hormone and Kashmiriyat. Sufism is a path of spiritual advancements, an expansion of consciousness, leading to awareness of self and the universe. The substance of Sufism is selfless experiencing and actualization of the truth. The practice of Sufism leads to the development of innate spiritual and intuitive abilities. Keeping in view, the aim of the present study was to explore the nexus between Sufism and Kashmiriyat. Hence from the above discussion, the investigator argued that there is a secular trait in the nature of the term Kashmiriyat. Composite culture, communal harmony and humanistic ethos worked as a bridge between Kashmiriyat and Sufism. It was observed that Kashmiriyat was the gradual outcome of mutual adaptation of various pre-Islamic religious traditions and the great tradition of Islam.

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