Alex Gregory - Maestro or Fakir?

[dunbarhamlin]

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[mrmando]

Alex is a friend of mine.

Your name-calling is in very poor taste.

Not sure what you mean by "drivel" ... yes, his promo copy can be a bit much, so I prefer to take it with a grain of salt and let his talent speak for itself.

If by "drivel" you mean his music, hey, it's a free country and nobody said you had to like everything.

But you do have to be civil.

[Markus]

I can tell you for sure he's not a wandering sufi master, a fakir.

[dunbarhamlin]

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[dunbarhamlin]

Hehe. Very true Markus. In the UK at least up until the early 20th century, many shady characters of moorish complexion would pass themselves off as fakirs to gain favour and financial reward. Hence, fakir is commonly used to denote just such an individual rather than the real thing, or at least, to denote an individual of questionnable authenticity.

[Markus]

Hence, fakir is commonly used to denote just such an individual rather than the real thing, or at least, to denote an individual of questionnable authenticity.

Just as an FYI, it's an insulting misuse. Most folks haven't done a lot of research on Sufism in the Indian subcontinent .... thus don't care.

But I would strongly urge you to discontinue the word, even if in common parlance in the UK. It's not cool misappropriating someone else's religious terms, especially when you're using them as an insult or derogatory term.

[dunbarhamlin]

Thank you Markus - good point. Consider it struck from my lexicon.

[Markus]

We all do it, unwittingly. I have.

No worries, when we're all moving forward.