Sufisticated

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en

This user is able to contribute with a native level of English.

This user has multiple university degrees.

PhD

This user has a Doctor of Philosophy degree in Politics.

This user has a Masters degree in Islamic Studies.

This user has a Bachelor of Arts degree in Arabic & Islamic Studies.

BMus

This user has a Bachelor of Music degree.

This user has published peer-reviewed articles in academic journals.

This user has published
a peer-reviewed article in
a printed encyclopedia.

This user enjoys writing.

This user has published a book.

Textbook Encyclopedia

This user has had his/her work published in a textbook encyclopedia.

This user has had numerous articles published in newspapers and magazines

Rel-5

This user can contribute at a professional Religious and/or Spiritual level. This person surely has a job in one of the said fields.

This user's spiritual beliefs
are complex and personal.

الله

This user trusts in One Reality.

تصوف

This user is interested in Sufism.

This user is interested in the Baháʼí Faith.

This user is interested in Islam.

This user is interested in Eastern Christianity.

This user prefers to read sacred texts in their original language whenever possible.

This user is interested in the Qur'an.

This user is interested in issues related to religious pluralism.

respect

This user respects others' religions and realises not all people wish to follow the same path.

no fun

This user would argue that, despite its name, there is hardly any "fun" at all in fundamentalism...!

This user enjoys philosophy.

This user is interested in religion as a metaphysical or theological phenomenon.

This user is interested in religion as a sociological and psychological phenomenon.

This user is interested in religion as an anthropological and historical phenomenon.

This user enjoys reading almost anything.

This user is a Bibliophile.

ar-2

This user is able to contribute with an intermediate level of Arabic.

vln-4

This user is a professional violinist.

pno-2

This user is an intermediate pianist.

gtr-1

This user is a novice guitarist.

This user is a soprano.

This user has relative pitch.

This user knows advanced
music theory.

This user is a statistician.

LaTeX

This user can typeset using LaTeX.

This user accepts all Religious and Scientific claims as viable forms of explaining the Universe, but just thinks they are at different levels of Understanding

This user understands biological evolution.

This user runs macOS.

PC	This user knows that PC just means personal computer; a computer not running Windows may be a PC.

This user is an advocate of democracy.

PRO

This user is a progressive.

This user wants a
World government.

This user is against DRM.

This user points out that sushi is halal.

This user likes to do embroidery.

This user likes to spin pens.

This user prefers to go barefoot.

My Bio

Careers & Education

I am a writer and academic specialising in Islam and Muslims in the West. I have a PhD in Politics, a Masters degree in Islamic Studies as well as a Bachelor of Arts (in Arabic & Islamic Studies), a Bachelor of Music as well as an A.Mus.A in violin. I have worked at both the University of Melbourne and Monash University as well as written for mainstream media in Australia.

Hobbies

I enjoy reading, writing, cross-stitch, cooking, scrap-booking, and mucking around on the computer.

Likes and Dislikes

I like religion, chocolate, reading, surfing the Internet, the countryside, being with my family.

Name

Sufisticated is a play on the words "Sufi" and "sophisticated". I am not a Sufi (no true Sufi would be so bold as to call themselves one) but I'm very interested in Sufism, particularly the Shadhili-Darqawi order.