The Jordanian Sufi Cult: "Trapped Between Worlds"

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. 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. Through his English-language books, lectures, and retreats, Keller promised these diaspora Muslims a spiritual home — a refuge from Western chaos and Islamophobia. But what Raidah found instead… was a cult. _____ FOLLOW US For more culty content, follow us on Instagram & TikTok: → @wasiinacult FOLLOW RAIDAH SHAH IDIL Follow Raidah on Instagram → @raidahwrites Check out her debut novel How to Free a Jinn — available now from Allen & Unwin (ANZ and Asia) and Simon & Schuster in the U.S READ Storm Without a Port (PDF) — the 77-page survivor testimony compiled by former members of the Jordanian Sufi cult. Visit In Shaykh's Clothing — a resource for Muslim survivors of spiritual abuse. SUPPORT THE SHOW If you believe in what we're doing — please rate, review, and share the podcast. It helps mo…