Bawa Muhaiyaddeen Philosopher

This article describes the Sufism philosopher, for the Sri Lankan architect see Geoffrey Bawa.Muhammad Raheem Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (died December 8, 1986) was a Tamil-speaking teacher and Sufi mystic from the island of Sri Lanka who first came to the United States on October 11, 1971 and established the Bawa Muhaiyaddeen Fellowship in Philadelphia. From Philadelphia, with its approximately 1,000 followers, branches of the Fellowship have spread throughout the United States and Canada, as well Australia and the UK. Societies of followers were already in Jaffna and Colombo, Sri Lanka before his arrival in the USA.

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Bawa Muhaiyaddeen
Birth place
Sri Lanka
Date of deathDecember 08, 1986

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