TY - BOOK AU - Ibn al-Rawandi. TI - Islamic mysticism: a secular perspective SN - 1573927678 : AV - BP189 .I36 2000 PY - 2000/// CY - Amherst, N.Y. PB - Prometheus Books KW - Sufism KW - Islam and secularism N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index N2 - Drawing on philosophers of religion Rene Guenon and Frithjof Schuon, Rawandi offers a critical, secular perspective on Sufism and concludes that mystical experience is not a trustworthy validation of religion ER -