The Sufi dance originates from the Mevlevi Order in Konya, Turkey, founded by the followers of Jalaluddin Rumi. A ...

In the early days of Sufism, practitioners faced a dilemma: to practice and defend sama` was to assert the supremacy of the love relationship over all other religious obligations. At the same time, as ...

which is different from Sufism. In April 2022, 33 people, including children, were killed in an explosion that targeted a Sufi mosque during Friday prayers in Kunduz province. The number of bomb ...

A simple answer would be that it could be you or me, if we so desire. Some state that sufism is the inner core of the teachings of Prophet Muhammad, whereas others hold that the practice emerged ...

Milad Milani, University of Sydney and the University of Western Sydney, Australia Sufism formed one of the cultures of resistance which has existed in the social fabric of Persia since antiquity.

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Ajmer Sharif Dargah has been hitting the headlines. What is the history and architecture of the this dargah? Also, go beyond ...

A district court has admitted a petition which claims that a Shiva temple lies underneath the shrine of the revered Sufi ...

Gulen was the leader of the Hizmet (Service) religious movement, inspired by Sufism. Ankara describes Gulen's supporters' ...

Ultimately, 'Sufism and Jihad in Modern Senegal' presents the reader with a new portrait of a society that has used its notion of modernity to adapt and incorporate further historical changes into its ...