Fazal Inayat-Khan () (July 20, 1942 – September 26, 1990), also known as Frank Kevlin, was a psychotherapist and poet who led the

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from 1968 to 1982. He was the author of ''Old Thinking, New Thinking: The Sufi prism'' (1979) and, published in Dutch, ''Modern soefisme: over creatieve verandering en spirituele groei'' (Modern Sufism: on creative change and spiritual growth) (1992).

Life and career

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, Inayat-Khan was brought up speaking Hindi, Dutch, English and French. His grandfather was

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and his aunt was

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. Fazal Inayat-Khan is buried at the

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cemetery in The Hague. Inayat-Khan found work as a poet, psychotherapist and publisher. Finding that his family name influenced people's perception of his work, he changed his name legally to Frank Kevlin. As an early promoter of Neuro Linguistic Programming, he was the main motivating force behind the creation of the

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. From 1968 to 1982 he was head of the Sufi Movement, a movement started by his grandfather and kept in the family. He held that Sufism has three aspects: it is non-definitive, inclusive, and experiential – *''non-definitive'' because the real exists without needing to be defined; *''inclusive'' because it is found in all religions and accepts any form of worship or meditative practice that is appropriate to the moment; *''experiential'' because it goes beyond theology and second-hand spiritual experience, accepting the possibility of direct revelation.

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