Sufism and the Contemporary Macedonian Society

D Kostovski

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Sufism and the Contemporary Macedonian Society

Dragan Kostovski * Kostovski.dragan@gmail.com * ORCID: 0000-0001-5172-8593 * ResearcherID: O-2595-2018
“Sts. Ciryl and Methodius” - Skopje, Faculty of Philosophy, European Integration, International relations and conflict management

Open Journal for Studies in Philosophy, 2018, 2(2), 35-46 * https://doi.org/10.32591/coas.ojsp.0202.01035k
Online Published Date: 14 December 2018

LICENCE: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

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KEY WORDS: Sufism, multiculturalism, Macedonian society, semi structural survey, cultural coexistence, social change.

ABSTRACT:
Macedonian society traditionally was area where Sufi movements were practicing their religious activities thus a specific cultural area that has it influence in creating the Sufism as a dominant religion within Ottoman Empire. Minding that historical circumstances, also considering the area placed in the center of Balkan Peninsula having the qualities of multicultural characteristics that originating for centuries back in the history of the area, in September 2017 was conducted a survey with main goal detection and realizing the possible integrative traits and positive multicultural dimension of Sufism.

CORRESPONDING AUTHOR:
Dragan Kostovski, MA in European integrations studies at Faculty of Philosophy, Ss. Cyril and Methodius University in Skopje, North Macedonia. E-mail: kostovski.dragan@gmail.com.

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