Comparing and contrasting the Khaniqahi Nimatullahi and the Naqshbandi-Haqqani orders on the Internet.	
	Naqshbandi 	Nimatullahi	
Consumerism			
Products	Links to Islamic Shopping Network (books, clothes, fragrances, rings, etc.) through PayPal
Some books for free
	Selected books through Amazon.com	
Donations	Through PayPal	None	
			
Globalisation			
Languages available	Arabic, Bahasa, Bengali, Bosnian, Dutch, English, Farsi, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Russian, Spanish, Turkish, Urdu	Bulgarian, Czech, Dutch, English, French, German, Persian, Polish, Russian, Spanish, Swedish, Ukrainian	
			
Enchantment			
Pictures	Mundane/Extra-mundane
People tend to wear Muslims clothing and men tend to have long beards	Mundane
Apart from the occasional fez, people do not tend to have beard and wear Western clothing	
Magical items	Holy protection (talismans) available	None	
			
Outreach activities			
Welfare Activities	Charity through PayPal	None	
			
Proselytism / Process of self-discovery			
Access to groups	Online initiation and form to complete
Information available	Information available (FAQ)	
Openness to other religions	Pledge of loyalty to the order	Open to non-Muslims
Explicit reference to ‘seekers’	
Links to other sites	Links to separate and autonomous sites such as http://Sufilive.com where video recording of Sheiks can be found, and http://eshayk.com where people can ask various questions online (including questions about the Qur’an and dreams interpretations)	Links to other centres around the world (e.g. Denver and Chicago) but no Internet link to Australia.
However, the Sydney-based site http://sufism.com.au has a link to the main Internet Site. The Australian site has sessions that can be downloaded (audio only) and events are advertised.