Abstract
This article aims at focusing on the facts and agents which made the establishment of the Nur Ashki Jerrahi tariqah in Mexico City possible, as a branch from the Halveti Jerrahi tariqah in Istanbul. With this in mind, I will discuss the presence of Sufism in the American continent in order to delve into the history that allowed the encounter between Lex Hixon and Shaykh Muzaffer Ashki al-Jerrahi in 1978, in New York City. This moment, recorded in the Islamic prayer spaces of the Nur Ashki Jerrahi communities in Mexico City and New York City, is the starting point in the story that paves the way for a new branch of the tariqah of Istanbul. More than 30 years later, Lex Hixon and Shaykh Muzaffer Ashki al-Jerrahi are still remembered in Mexico given their openness towards the feminine and towards all other sacred traditions which are part of a single trunk, while expressing themselves in various branches.
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