Religious Reform Movements
ICSE · Class 7 · History & Civics
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1. Background and Meaning
- The advent of Islam in India brought many changes in society.
- During the medieval period, a composite culture developed in India.
- Sufism and the Bhakti movement were important parts of this change.
2. The Sufi Movement
- The word Sufi comes from the Arabic word Suf, meaning wool.
- Sufis were Muslim ascetics and mystics.
- They believed in love and devotion as the way to come closer to God.
3. Important Sufi Saints
- Khwaja Muinuddin Chishti came to India around 1192 and founded the Chishti order in India.
- Bakhtiyar Kaki was a disciple of Shaikh Muinuddin Chishti.
- Farid-ud-Din Ganj-i-Shakar was the disciple of Bakhtiyar Kaki.
4. Main Ideas of Sufism
- Sufism was a reform movement within Islam.
- Its aim was to preserve and spread universal brotherhood and an egalitarian society.
- Sufis expressed devotion to God through music and poetry.
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Central concept: Religious reform movements in medieval India
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