Nupur J Sharma, on her recent remarks about Chisti, a celebrated Sufi saint, that brought his dark history of rape, bloodshed and hatred for Hindus to light, received tens of thousands of death and rape threats against not only herself but also her family. So what is the truth about Sufism? Let's take a brief look, that makes up for less than a drop in the ocean, at Sufi History. When one thinks of Sufism, the first thing that probably comes to mind is good Sufi music or a mesmerizing dance in the court of an emperor. This, however, is not the entire truth. Sufi history has been through phases of denialism and has seen a great deal of white-washing to give it its current secular status. In truth, the much-celebrated Sufi culture, its music and dance is steeped in blood and has the darkest of histories. The reader must understand that the many sects of Islam have always warred with one another to claim that they are the true followers of Islam. Sufism, stripped of its contempora
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