Islam
Theosophical Society and Islam
Education
When Henry Steel Olcott and Annie Besant were establishing schools in South Asia, they worked with Muslim communities as well as Buddhist and Hindu. Mary K. Neff served as principal for a school in Lucknow combining Muslim and Hindu girls. Mohammedan and Hindu girls in Lucknow. She wrote: "The Mohammedan 'purdah' or seclusion of women customs and the Hindu system of caste had been major obstacles to setting up community projects within the school" but she succeeded in breaking some of the rules to bring the diverse populations together.[1]
Adyar Headquarters of TS
The Adyar, India headquarters campus of the Theosophical Society has a mosque that was dedicated at the 1937 convention.
Islam is celebrated by a bas-relief in the Great Hall of the Headquarters Building, among the representations of all the great religions.
Additional resources
Articles
- "World of Islam" web site. Islamic Web.
- Islam in Theosophy World.
- A Turkish Effendi - on Christendom and Islam Anonymous
- The Life and Teachings of Muhammad by Annie Besant
- Theosophy and Islam by Zehra Bharucha
- Regarding Islamism by William Q. Judge
- A Pilgrimage into Light: Discovering Islamic Theosophy by Edward Mathew Taylor
Audio
- The World of Religious Beliefs and Practices: Islam by Robert Ellwood
Video
- Heart of the Koran by Lex Hixon. 1989 presentation at the Theosophical Society in America.
- ↑ "World Crusader Home in Akron: Mary K. Neff's Last Stop Was Australia," Cleveland Plain Dealer. December 23, 1945.