Mary Kahil
Mary Kahil (born January 28, 1889 in Cairo , Egypt , † June 28, 1979 ) was an Egyptian , Arab Christian and mystic.
Mary Kahil came from a well-known Catholic family of Syrian origin. On February 9, 1934, Louis Massignon preached together with Mary Kahil, with whom he had been friends since his youth, in the abandoned Franciscan Church in Damiette , Egypt , where Francis of Assisi had met Sultan al-Malik al-Kamil in 1219 . They took a vow of Badaliya (Arabic: Badaliya = substitute) and thus vowed to live for the Muslims, "not to convert them, but so that God's wish may be fulfilled in them and through them". This vow led to the official formation of the Badaliya Prayer Association in 1947 .
literature
- Jacques Keryell: Mary Kahil, une grande dame d'Egypte (1889–1979). Geuthner 2010, ISBN 9782705338275
- Dorothy C. Buck: Dialogues With Saints and Mystics. In the Spirit of Louis Massignon. Khaniqahi Nimatullahi Publications, London, New York 2002 (Chapter 5: The Feminine Spirit: Mary Kahil and the Substitutes) ISBN 0-933546-75-0
- Petrus Bsteh: pioneer of interreligious dialogue. (Spirituality in Dialog; Volume 4) LIT Verlag Münster 2012: 202. ISBN 9783643503329
Web links
- Literature on the homepage of the spiritual community "Charles de Foucauld"
- Picture gallery
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Kahil, Mary |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Egyptian mystic, co-founder of the Badaliya Prayer Association |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 28, 1889 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Cairo , Egypt |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 28, 1979 |