The Jordanian Sufi Cult: “Trapped Between Worlds”

<p>When Raidah left medical school in Sydney to spend the summer at what was promise to be an Islamic utopia in Jordan, she thought she was taking a break to heal.</p><p><br></p><p>Instead, she found herself inside a high-control religious community led by Nuh Ha Mim Keller — an American-born Catholic convert who reinvented himself as a Sufi sheikh and built a devoted following of Muslims living in Western countries.</p><p><br></p><p>Through his English-language books, lectures, and retreats, Keller promised these diaspora Muslims a spiritual home — a refuge from Western chaos and Islamophobia.</p><p><br></p><p>But what Raidah found instead… was a cult.</p><p><br></p><p>_____</p><p><br></p><p>FOLLOW US</p><p>For more culty content, follow us on Instagram &amp; TikTok:</p><p>→ <a href="https://www.instagram.com/wasiinacult" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@wasiinacult</a></p><p><br></p><p>FOLLOW RAIDAH SHAH IDIL</p><p><br></p><p>Follow Raidah on Instagram → <a href="https://ww...