Get latest articles and stories on India at LatestLY. Sufis started their mission in India long before the establishment of Muslim political authority. Their policy of 'Sulh-e-kul' and simple and pious ways attracted a number of people to Islam. Malik Dinar, who had been responsible for the spread of Islam in Malabar, was himself a disciple of Hasan al Basri, the famous mystic of Iraq. India News | Indian 'Sufism', an Ideal of Reformation and Assimilation.