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Muzaffer Ozak / Shaykh Muzaffer Ashki al-Jerrahi
Shaykh Muzaffer Ozak al-Jerrahi was born in 1916. (d 1985) He was educated by a succession
of wise and learned teachers who instructed him in all branches of the Islamic tradition. He became Muezzin and eventually
Imam to many of the mosques of Istanbul. He later retired from the office of the Imam and preached the Friday prayers
at a mosque near the famous Istanbul book market, where he owned a shop specializing in rare and antique books.
He was a prolific author in the Turkish language. For twenty years, he was the Shaykh of the Halveti-Jerrahi Order.
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Lex Hixon / Shaykh Nur al-Jerrahi
Lex Hixon called himself an active initiate and spiritual citizen of five different religious
traditions: Christianity, Hinduism, Tibetan Buddhism, Zen Buddhism, and Islam. Lex shared the profound illumination
from these explorations through his many books. Lex was also the shaykh or spiritual teacher, of the Jerrahi Sufi Order
located in New York City from 1985 until his passing in 1995, and founded numerous circles of the Order throughout the
United States and Mexico.
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