Critiques of Ahmad Ghazali; A Review of Criticisms about Beloved, Whirling Dance, and Sanctification of the Devil

Affiliation of Ahmad Ghazali to a specific mystical stream called "Romantic and beauty-leaning Mysticism" had certain outcomes such as whirling dace, ecstatic phrase and beauty-leaning trends. These are called traditions of beauty. Most of the criticisms, charges and even lampoons of the school of Ghazali are made against his tradition of beauty, not against his beliefs and principles of his school. In this paper we first account the evidences showing that Ghazali practiced these traditions. Then we review and evaluate the criticism made against him about these issues. The other criticism which has made against him refers to "Sanctification of the Devil". Therefore we are going to discuss two topics: Traditions of beauty and Sanctification of the Devil.