Global Journal of Human Social Science, C: Sociology and Culture, Volume 22 Issue 6

© 2022. Azmain Tanjim & Md. Didar Hossain. This research/review article is distributed under the terms of the Attribution- NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0). You must give appropriate credit to authors and reference this article if parts of the article are reproduced in any manner. Applicable licensing terms are at https://creativecommons.org/ licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/. Establishing Peace through a Mystic Journey towards Fana: An Ethnographic Study on the Sufi Culture of Maizbhandar in Chittagong, Bangladesh By Azmain Tanjim & Md. Didar Hossain East West University Abstract- This paper examined the Sufi culture of Maizbhandar. Sufism is the spiritual and mystical branch of Islam with a concrete system of belief, customs, and practices. It also focuses on the belief, traditions and practices of Maizbhandari Sufi culture. Maizbhandar has millions of followers who follow this Sufi culture. An ethnographic approach has been applied to conduct the study. The center of Maizbhandar (Fatikcchari, Chittagong) was the site (field) of the study. There were 30 in-depth interview respondents, 18 focus group discussion respondents, and 1 key informant of the research. All of them were selected through purposive sampling. Qualitative data were collected from the respondents, and a thematic analysis method was used for data analysis. The findings of the study include the beliefs, traditions, practices, major events, and the gender dimension of Maizbhandari Sufi culture in detail. The paper concludes that their culture is associated with love, peace, patience, and humanity, which can make a more peaceful and harmonious society. GJHSS-C Classification: DDC Code: 200.973 LCC Code: BL2525 EstablishingPeacethroughaMysticJourneytowardsFanaAnEthnographicStudyontheSufiCultureofMaizbhandarinChittagongBangladesh Global Journal of HUMAN-SOCIAL SCIENCE: C Sociology & Culture Volume 22 Issue 6 Version 1.0 Year 2022 Type: Double Blind Peer Reviewed International Research Journal Publisher: Global Journals Online ISSN: 2249-460x & Print ISSN: 0975-587X Strictly as per the compliance and regulations of: