What religion is Mehmet Scholl?

Answer 1

In an interview conducted with Judah Issa, he replies to the question of "I understand you play mystical Islamic Sufi music for patients during operations. Are you inspired by Sufism?", with:

Influenced by it. The biggest influence for my alternative medicine interest are my wife and her family. They are very insightful people. My father-in-law is a very well-known heart surgeon, Gerald Lemole. I saw how they were using it in their own family and to create a healthy environment, and I liked it. In Islam, of course, it makes you realize that you have to have your own connection with the divine, there should be no one between you and God, so it makes you very autonomous, very free thinking. Organized religion are the rules, Sufism and other mystic sects of Christianity and Judaism allow us to transgress those rules and actually begin to enjoy the game.


Thus, it is hard to say if he is a specific religion at that. He also draws influence from a Christian theologist Emanuel Swedenborg in addition to Islamic Sufism.


Works Cited:
http://www.canadianmedicinenews.com/2008/06/interview-dr-mehmet-oz.html