Sufi Movement International of the USA

Structure of the International Sufi Movement

Administrative Structure Chart (preliminary, 224K PDF)
Structure of the International Sufi Movement

Structure of the International Sufi Movement

The Sufi Movement was founded by Hazrat Inayat Khan and the Headquarters Office is in Geneva, Switzerland. The co-presidents of the Sufi Movement are the co-Representative Generals (the Heads of the five Activities). The Executive Supervisor is vice-president. The five Activities of the Sufi Movement are: the Universal Worship Activity, the Brotherhood and Sisterhood Activity, the Healing Activity, the Symbology Activity and the Esoteric Activity.

According to the articles of incorporation, the Headquarters of the International Sufi Movement comes under the direction of officers, among whom some occupy an administrative function, while the others are appointed Secretaries entrusted with the responsibility of guarding the standards of the five Activities of the Sufi Movement.

The five principal officers are: the co-Presidents (co-General Representatives), the Vice-President (Executive Supervisor), the General Secretary, and the Treasurer. Besides these five principal officers, there are seven Secretaries, one (or two) for each of the following activities: the Esoteric Activity (Sufi Order), the Universal Worship Activity (including additional activities), the Spiritual Healing Activity, the Symbology Activity, and the Brotherhood/Sisterhood Activity.

The Esoteric Activity is under the leadership of the Pir-o-Murshid Council, and the Madar-ul Maham is the Secretary.
The Universal Worship Activity is under the leadership of the Siraj-un-Munir, and the Moin-ul-Maham in Europe and the Moin-ul-Maham in the US act as the Secretaries.
The Spiritual Healing Activity is under the leadership of the Sahaba-e-Safa, and the Bayt-ul-Haram is the Secretary.
The Symbology Activity is under the leadership of the Most Experienced Farmer and the Dar-es-Salam is the Secretary.
The Brotherhood/Sisterhood Activity is under the leadership of the Co-Presidents, and the Peshkar in Europe and the Peskhar in the US act as the Secretaries.

Universal Worship Activity

This has two main activities: the Universal Worship and the Confraternity of the Message.

Participants in the Universal Worship are:
Public
Cherag	officiating
Siraj	officiating and taking care of the preservation of the Service and may ordain Cherags or Cheragas
Moin-ul-Maham in Europe and US	Secretaries to the Siraj-un-Munir
Siraj-un-Munir	Head of the Universal Worship Activity

Participants in the Confraternity of the Message are:
Mureeds	who have an affinity for the Confraternity
Conductor of Confraternity	may lead the Confraternity in a group
Leader of Confraternity	in a Center

The Brotherhood and Sisterhood Activity

This activity has as object to bring into practice the basic theme of the Sufi Message which is to be a true brother and sister to all and to all religions:

Member
Local Representative
Regional Representative
National Representative
Continental Representative
Peshkar in Europe and US	Secretaries to the president of the Brotherhood/Sisterhood Activity
Co-Presidents	Head of the Brotherhood and Sisterhood Activity

The Healing Activity

This activity is the activity of Spiritual Healing

Member
Assistant-Conductor
Conductor	Conductor of the Ceremony
Leader	Leader of several Conductors in one town
Shefayat	Regional Representative of the Healing Activity
Kefayat	National Representative of the Healing Activity
Bayt-ul-Haram	Secretary to the Sahaba-es-Safa
Sahaba-es-Safa	Head of the Spiritual Healing Activity

The Symbology Activity

This involves a deeper understanding of the meaning of symbols in our daily life, with two activities: Ziraat, a symbolism of farming, and the Element Ritual, a ritual of element, movement and color.

Ploughman
Harrower
Sower
Reaper
Thrasher
Gamerer
Farmer
Experienced Farmer
Dar-es-Salam	Secretary to the Most Experienced Farmer
Most Experienced Farmer	Head of the Symbology Activity

The Esoteric Activity

This is the Esoteric School on Inner Culture of the Sufi Movement

Initiations:
1. Elementary	Study Circle
2. Junior	Study Circle
3. Senior	Study Circle
4. Associate	Advanced Circle
5. Licentiate	Advanced Circle
6. Initiate	Advanced Circle
7. Naqib	Higher Circle
8. Naqib	Higher Circle
9. Naqib	Higher Circle	the 9th-level Naqib can have right of Bayat for 1st initiation
10. Shaikh/Khalif	Higher Circle	right of Bayat up to and including 6th initiation
11. Murshid	Higher Circle	right of Bayat up to and including 10th initiation
12. Pir-o-Murshid	Higher Circle	right of Bayat all grades
Madar-ul-Maham	Secretary to the Pir-o-Murshid Council
Pir-o-Murshid Council	Head of the Esoteric Activity