Pathology of Religious Bandits: A Religious Critique based on Ibn Arabi’s School
(Case Study of the Jehovah's Witnesses Movement)

Mohammad javad Adabi[3]

Abstract:

The Jehovah's Witnesses movement is one of the contemporary religious movements in Christianity that has many claims about the reappearance of Jesus Christ (AS) and claims that only those who seek Jehovah's Witnesses movement will go to paradise. The present article aims to study a hypocritical critique on the one hand and a mystical critique of the pathology of the mystical-religious experiences based on the views of Ibn Arabi and his students criticizing the methods of mystical journey and the role of the leader in the Jehovah's Witnesses movement on the other hand. With a pathetic look on this movement, it can be obtained against monopoly claims and statements in movements such as Jehovah's Witnesses, the tradition of Islamic mysticism based on the teachings of Ibn Arabi, is capable of systematically processing the esoteric mystical journey. By preserving the main religious elements, he will place the seeker not only to leave in a semantic suspension, but also to bring him to the destination.

Key Words: Jehovah's Witnesses, Ibn Arabi, preceptor, True mystical journey, Illusion.

[1] Jehovah’s Witnesses

[2]. دکترای فلسفه و حکمت اسلامی و استادیار دانشگاه؛ Ibnarabi638@gmail.com

[3] . Assistant Professor and PhD in Islamic Philosophy.