Professor Seyyed Hossein Nasr's The Garden Of Truth

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The Garden of Truth is written by Professor Seyyed Hossein Nasr who is one of the worlds leading experts on Islamic though and in his book he signifies the maturity and importance of Islam and Sufism in the western world. Professor Nasr talks about why the study of Islam is no longer a distant subject to many since its appreciation has gained life outside universities and lecture halls to become a living reality in western culture. This is certainly true of both Islam and Sufism, which today are not only studied in western universities but are practiced daily by diverse communities of believers living all across different parts of the world. In the western world over the past few decades we’ve seen migrants and their children spreading the

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