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nobody owns the tradition.","roles":[],"masterSystems":[]},"relations":[{"target":"Q124789528","type":"parent","note":"registry parent class"},{"target":"Q125791477","type":"parent","note":"registry parent class"},{"target":"Islamic activity","type":"related","note":"in registry terms"},{"target":"obedience in Islam","type":"related","note":"in registry terms"},{"target":"tariqa","type":"related","note":"orders"},{"target":"Sufi poetry","type":"related","note":"by Rumi, Hafez and others"}],"interaction":{"identity":{"applicability":"required","items":["Vercy registry: vr.tr.sufism","Wikidata: Q9603 (https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q9603)"]},"properties":{"applicability":"not-applicable","items":[]},"recognition":{"applicability":"optional","items":["Islamic mysticism and its orders","Tariqas, dhikr, shrines, poetry, regional traditions","Islamic law and theology are other dimensions; folk saint veneration overlaps but is distinct","Not a visible object; gatherings for remembrance, music and whirling in some orders, shrines and lodges."]},"capabilities":{"applicability":"required","items":["explain practices and concepts","describe orders and regional forms","relay history and literature","present debates neutrally"]},"hazards":{"applicability":"required","items":["Disrespectful or reductive presentation","Presenting intra-Islamic debates as settled","Ignoring attacks on Sufi shrines or presenting them without attribution","Romanticised Western images"]},"interfaces":{"applicability":"required","items":["Religious freedom protections","State regulation of religious orders in some countries, with positions attributed","UNESCO heritage listings for practices such as the Mevlevi sema"]},"context":{"applicability":"required","items":["Spiritual practice within Islam.","major orders such as Qadiriyya, Naqshbandiyya, Chishtiyya, Shadhiliyya and Mevleviyya","Sufism in India and South Asia","Sufism in Central Asia including Kazakhstan","Sufism in the Arab world including Jordan","Sufism in Southeast Asia including the Philippines and Malaysia, with figures such as Datuk Keramat","Sufism in Europe including the United Kingdom","Sufi literature and music"]}},"sources":[{"title":"Wikidata item Q9603: Sufism","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q9603","note":"identity and sense of the item"},{"title":"Wikipedia: Sufism","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sufism","note":"general description of the item"}],"openQuestions":["Should major orders be separate entries?","How should scholarly sources be linked?","The registry entry has merged aliases naming regional Sufisms and a figure; 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