Blast at Sufi Shrine in Pakistan Kills 50, Wounds More Than 100
Source: Time By Abdul Sattar / AP The blast occurred with hundreds in attendance at the shrine of Sufi saint Shah Bilal Noorani QUETTA, Pakistan (AP) — The death toll from […]
The Europeans who chose mystical Islam
Source: BBC By Inka Piegsa-Quischotte “My name,” said the lady, clad from headscarf to sandals in shades of pink and purple, “is Bahia, which means ‘ocean of beauty and compassion’ […]
Defying prejudice, Islam’s mystical, musical strain appeals to New Yorkers
Source: Economist Every Thursday night, the music of a tanbour, a long-necked stringed instrument, resounds across the wooden floors of a Manhattan room, wrapped with warm Persian rugs. Barefoot men […]
Rumi film will challenge Muslim stereotypes, says Gladiator writer
Source: The Guardian By Kareem Shaheen in Istanbul An Oscar-winning screenwriter has agreed to work on a biopic about the 13th-century poet Jalaluddin al-Rumi. David Franzoni, who wrote the script for the […]
Cavalli offends Sufi moslems all over the world with his new logo
A sultry ad for a perfume created by Roberto Cavalli has touched a raw nerve with followers of Islamic Sufism, who claim the Italian design house has inappropriately used a symbol sacred to practitioners of their mystical faith. Commercials for the scent Just Cavalli, featuring the scantily clad daughter of […]
Sufism-Mystical Branch Of Islam in Somalia
Huff Post: by Abdi Guled. MOGADISHU, Somalia — Hundreds of sweating Sufis chant and sway as the lead sheik moves into the middle of a circle of worshippers and bursts into a chant louder than anyone else’s Sufism, a mystical branch of Islam, is having a major comeback since al-Shabab, […]
How Did Sufis Spread Islam in INDIA?
How Did Sufis Spread Islam in India? By Andy Wright Sufi Shrine of Hazrat Khawaja Nizamuddin Aulia in Delhi, India. (Flickr) “There are two domains of knowledge: those deeply embedded in the humanities, and those that straddle the social sciences,” said University of Arizona History professor Richard Eaton. “I’m […]
Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan The Voice of Unity – The merging of Indian, Persian and Arab cultures
Source: Qantara On the 15th anniversary of the death of Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, the world can look back on an extraordinary musician. The “King of Qawwali” was a source […]
Future of Religious Minorities in the Muslim World
Source: Huffington Post By Imam Mohamed Magid President, Islamic Society of North America As an imam and as the president of the Islamic Society of North America (ISNA), I know all too well the many challenges that American Muslims experience on a daily basis. We struggle for inclusion, for acceptance, […]
The Meaning of Life (and Death)
Source: Huff Post Socrates was right: “The unexamined life is not worth living for a human being.” I like to ponder the big questions worth asking. The meaning of life, and all that. Robert Fulghum (the “All I Really Need To Know I Learned In Kindergarten” guy), once said that […]