Sheikh Bentounès born Khaled Bentounès is the current
Sufi
Sufism ( or ) is a mysticism, mystic body of religious practice found within Islam which is characterized by a focus on Islamic Tazkiyah, purification, spirituality, ritualism, and Asceticism#Islam, asceticism.
Practitioners of Sufism are r ...
Master
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Ranks or titles
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*Master (college), head of a college
*Master's degree, a postgraduate or sometimes undergraduate degree in the specified discipline
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of the Alawiya (officially
Shadhiliyah
The Shadhili Order () is a tariqah or Sufi order. The Shadhili order was founded by Abu al-Hasan al-Shadhili in the 13th century and is followed by millions of people around the world. Many followers (Arabic ''murids'', "seekers") of the Shadhil ...
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Darqawiya
The Darqawiyya or Darqawi Sufi order is a revivalist branch of the Shadhiliyah brotherhood which originated in Morocco. The Darqawa comprised the followers of Sheikh Muhammad al-Arabi al-Darqawi (1760–1823) of Morocco. The movement, which becam ...
-Alawiya) Sufi
Tariqat
A ''tariqa'' () is a religious order of Sufism, or specifically a concept for the mystical teaching and spiritual practices of such an order with the aim of seeking , which translates as "ultimate truth".
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which was founded by Sheikh
Ahmad al-Alawi
Ahmad al-Alawi (1869 – 14 July 1934), in full Abū al-ʿAbbās Aḥmad ibn Muṣṭafā ibn ʿAlīwa, known as al-ʿAlāwī al-Mustaghānimī (), was an Algerian Sheikh (Sufism), Sufi Sheikh who founded his own Sufi order, called the ''Alawiyya' ...
in
Algeria
Algeria, officially the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria, is a country in the Maghreb region of North Africa. It is bordered to Algeria–Tunisia border, the northeast by Tunisia; to Algeria–Libya border, the east by Libya; to Alger ...
in 1914. He was born in
Mostaganem
Mostaganem () is a port city in and capital of Mostaganem (province), Mostaganem province, in the northwest of Algeria. The city, founded in the 11th century lies on the Gulf of Arzew, Mediterranean Sea and is 72 km ENE of Oran. It is consi ...
in 1949.
[ ] He is the founder of the
Muslim Scouts of France.
He was a central influence in the works of
Éric Geoffroy
Éric Geoffroy (born 1956) is a French philosopher, islamologist, writer and scholar in the Sufi studies teaching at the University of Strasbourg.
Thought
He is a critic of the notion of a Clash of Civilizations
The "Clash of Civilizations" ...
. He is initiator of the
International Day of Living Together in Peace on 16 May every year. This day was unanimously declared by all 193 member states of the United Nations on 8 December 2017.
Activities
An actor of
Interfaith dialogue
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the Sheikh Bentounès founded the
Muslim Scouts of France which headed the entire
Fédération du Scoutisme Français until 2012. He was also a founder of the
French Council of the Muslim Faith
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. He met with Pope John Paul II in Assisi in 1989.
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Books
* Khaled Bentounès, Bruno Solt ''La fraternité en héritage: histoire d'une confrérie soufie'' Albin Michel, 2009
* Khaled Bentounès ''Thérapie de l'âme'' Koutoubia 2009
* Khaled Bentounès, Bruno Solt, Romana Solt, Christian Delorme ''Le Soufisme, Coeur de l'Islam'' La Table ronde, 1999
* Gérard Israël, Alain Houziaux, Khaled Bentounès ''Le Coran, Jésus et le judaïsme Desclée de Brouwer'' 2004
References
1949 births
Algerian Sufis
Living people
People from Mostaganem
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