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[[File:Adyar Mosque.jpg|300px|right|thumb|Mosque at Adyar, India]] | |||
== Theosophical Society and Islam == | == Theosophical Society and Islam == | ||
[[File:Islam.jpg|180px|right|thumb|Bas-relief in Adyar headquarters]] | [[File:Islam.jpg|180px|right|thumb|Bas-relief in Adyar headquarters]] | ||
=== Education === | === 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.<ref>"World Crusader Home in Akron: Mary K. Neff's Last Stop Was Australia," ''Cleveland Plain Dealer''. December 23, 1945.</ref> | 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.<ref>"World Crusader Home in Akron: Mary K. Neff's Last Stop Was Australia," ''Cleveland Plain Dealer''. December 23, 1945.</ref> | ||
=== TS Muslim League === | |||
The TS Muslim League was "a theosophical organization started in 1923 to disseminate knowledge of Islam and Sūfīsm to both Hindus and Muslims in many parts of India. It was headed by H. C. Kumar, a Hindu."<ref>[https://www.theosophy.world/encyclopedia/muslim-league Muslim League] in Theosophy World.</ref> | |||
=== Adyar Headquarters of TS === | === Adyar Headquarters of TS === | ||
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::::The Path of those who rejoice in Thee, | ::::The Path of those who rejoice in Thee, | ||
::::Not on tha tof those who ignore Thee and work injustice. Amen. | ::::Not on tha tof those who ignore Thee and work injustice. Amen. | ||
=== Theosophists who were Muslim === | |||
== Additional resources == | == Additional resources == | ||
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* "World of Islam" web site. [http://www.islamicweb.com/begin/woi_toc.htm Islamic Web]. | * "World of Islam" web site. [http://www.islamicweb.com/begin/woi_toc.htm Islamic Web]. | ||
* [https://www.theosophy.world/encyclopedia/islam Islam] in Theosophy World. | * [https://www.theosophy.world/encyclopedia/islam Islam] in Theosophy World. | ||
* [https://www.theosophy.world/encyclopedia/muslim-league Muslim League] in Theosophy World. | |||
*[http://hpb.narod.ru/TurkishEffendi.htm# A Turkish Effendi - on Christendom and Islam] Anonymous | *[http://hpb.narod.ru/TurkishEffendi.htm# A Turkish Effendi - on Christendom and Islam] Anonymous | ||
*[https://cdn.website-editor.net/e4d6563c50794969b714ab70457d9761/files/uploaded/AdyarPamphlet_No162.pdf# The Life and Teachings of Muhammad] by Annie Besant | *[https://cdn.website-editor.net/e4d6563c50794969b714ab70457d9761/files/uploaded/AdyarPamphlet_No162.pdf# The Life and Teachings of Muhammad] by Annie Besant | ||
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===Video=== | ===Video=== | ||
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GSrJbC0PKBM Heart of the Koran] by Lex Hixon. 1989 presentation at the Theosophical Society in America. | *[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GSrJbC0PKBM Heart of the Koran] by Lex Hixon. 1989 presentation at the Theosophical Society in America. | ||
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Latest revision as of 15:43, 7 November 2024
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]
TS Muslim League
The TS Muslim League was "a theosophical organization started in 1923 to disseminate knowledge of Islam and Sūfīsm to both Hindus and Muslims in many parts of India. It was headed by H. C. Kumar, a Hindu."[2]
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.
Prayers at conventions
Annual conventions and other events of the Theosophical Society and some of its national sections typically begin with prayers of all the religions, and Islam is included. Often a prayer is read in Arabic and repeated in an English translation like this one:
- In the Name of the Lord, the Kind, the Compassionate,
- All honour be to god, the Lord of all the worlds,
- The Kind, the Compassionate,
- The King, on the Day of Faith;
- It is He who is wise, He who is powerful,
- Guide Thou us on the Path of Righteousness,
- The Path of those who rejoice in Thee,
- Not on tha tof those who ignore Thee and work injustice. Amen.
Theosophists who were Muslim
Additional resources
Articles
- "World of Islam" web site. Islamic Web.
- Islam in Theosophy World.
- Muslim League 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.
Notes
- ↑ "World Crusader Home in Akron: Mary K. Neff's Last Stop Was Australia," Cleveland Plain Dealer. December 23, 1945.
- ↑ Muslim League in Theosophy World.