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Partly born out of the popular and ecumenical nature of the Urs gatherings, the order's form spiritual listening and devotional music has become well-known and widespread, and the
Maizbhandari tradition of spiritual songs has come to represent one of the largest corpuses of popular songs in Bengal.
846:. Like other branches of the Maizbhandari order, the Rahe Bhandar order is deeply engaged with music. Although the order was founded in Rajangar, significant contributions to its musical outreach and propagation have been made by Syed Mohammad Abdul Malek Shah from the village of Kadhurkhil in the
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Maizbhandari thought has also gone on to influence other fields, with the movement's ethical precepts being re-interpreted in
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has also been instrumental in the propagation of the Rahe
Bhandar order, continuing his efforts to this day. His contributions in music composition and humanitarian perspectives have greatly supported the spread of this order.
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Maizbhandari order has been responsible for "a sizeable textual output ...since the beginning of the twentieth century, including hagiographies and theological treaties, in the form of monographs, leaflets and journals".
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Today, there is a catalogue over 10,000 Maizbhandari songs, many transmitted orally originally but now available on CD and video, making up a distinct genre of music in
Bangladesh.
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959:. As an exposition of the Maizbhandari movement's theological foundations, it remains "the most comprehensive outline of Maijbhandari theology available to this day".
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assert its reformist perspective on Islam, "while keeping in touch with the religious mainstream in Bengal", according to scholar Hans Harder.
1460:. Silk Roads, Muslim Passages: The Islam Question in China's Expansion. Singapore: Asia Research Institute, National University of Singapore.
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Raj, Selva J.; Harman, William P., eds. (2006). "In the
Company of Pirs: Making Vows, Receiving Favors at Bangladeshi Sufi Shrines (6)".
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Sufism and Saint Veneration in Contemporary Bangladesh: The Maijbhandaris of Chittagong (1st ed.)
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Cultural Fusion of Sufi Islam: Alternative Paths to Mystical Faith, Routledge Studies in Religion
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1454:Mannan, Manzurul (2015).
1249:. M A Malek. Daily Azadi.
1235:. M A Malek. Daily Azadi.
1221:. M A Malek. Daily Azadi.
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1311:Islam, Sirajul (2012).
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