2- Sufism and Mormonism

Yesterday evening I met a Sufi Muslim man named Massy Khoshbin. Having transcribed a comparison between Islam and Mormonism I have decided that I am going to expand that to other religions as well. Sufi is described as the mystical dimension of Islam. Knowing this we can assume that the Sufi branch will coincide with the former blog post on Muslims and Mormons called Mormons and Muslims Working Together found at this URL-
http://mussocman.blogspot.com/2012/11/mormons-and-muslims-working-together.html
In this blog post I will concentrate on the Sufi branch of Islam.

RELIGIOUS PRACTICES
Both religions believe they practice the pure form of their respective traditions, Christianity or Islam.
Sufi- "Worship and serve Allah as you are seeing Him and while you see Him not yet truly He sees you."
LDS- "The Only true and living Church with which I, the Lord, am Pleased." 
Both religions are set on turning their whole heart, soul, and mind to God.
Both religions believe in turning from worldly pleasures in order to come closer to God, or putting off the Natural Man (Mosiah 3:19).
Both believe that those who teach and lead need to be called by God.
Both teach lessons before somebody joins the religion.
Leaders of both use stories and parables in their teachings.
Converts to both religions purify themselves before they join.
Sufi- Repentance and recognition of God's higher law.
LDS- Faith, Repentance of sin, And Baptism by Immersion, and The Laying on of hands for the Gift of the Holy Ghost. (Article of Faith 4)
One goal of both religions is to have the name of God figuratively written on their hearts and countenances. 
Both concentrate on God through prayer, pondering, and meditation.



RELIGIOUS BELIEFS
Both religions believe they can come close to the Divine in this life, as well as the next.
Both religions believe they can trace their beliefs back to God through a prophet.
Both believe humans are infused with divine light, fitra, or the Light of Christ.
Both believe in following "the spirit of the law."
Both believe in repentance of sins, abandoning of bad characteristics, and acquisition of good qualities.
The adherants do more than READ their scriptures. They STUDY and LIVE the doctrine therein.
Both believe in revelation from God.
Both believe in the Love of God as an essential doctrine. Adherents to the two religions try to live with this love.
The seekers often feel called to join to the religion i.e. Feel the Spirit.


SOCIETAL COMMENTARY
Both religions have their critics within the wider scope of their traditions. Some mainstream Muslims claim Sufism is not Islam, while many Protestant sects deny that Latter-day Saints are Christian.