Forgotten Sufi lodge in Israel rises again after years of neglect

HA Hellyer, an expert on politics, Islam and Sufism at the Royal United Services Institute, said it might be too simplistic to talk of a revival but that mainstream practices were taking centre stage again. “Sufi orders have existed all across the Muslim world and pretty much still are,” he said. “It is a question of how many people will say they are members of these orders.”