Whirling dervishes mark Rumi’s 752nd anniversary in Türkiye
by Daily Sabah with AA Dec 18, 2025 The Sama ceremony is a centuries-old Sufi ritual performed by the Mevlevi order, whose members are commonly known as the whirling dervishes. The […]
Rumi’s Metaphor of Shy Bride for the Glorious Quran
Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times Jalal al-Din Rumi, the 13th-century Persian mystic and poet, now known as poet of love in USA, often […]
International Mevlana Foundation spreading Rumi’s teachings worldwide
Esin Celebi Bayru, 22nd generation descendant of Mevlana Rumi, explains global initiatives to convey messages of legendary poet, mystic Zehra Melek Cat |09.12.2023 – Update : 10.12.2023 KONYA, Türkiye […]
Türkiye’s Konya honors Rumi with 190 varieties of roses
BY DAILY SABAH WITH AA KONYA JUL 27, 2023 – The Mevlana Museum (Mevlana Müzesi), also known as the Green Mausoleum or Green Dome, Konya, Türkiye, Oct. 16, 2019. (Shutterstock File […]
Rumi’s legacy draws visitors to Türkiye on his death anniversary
BY DAILY SABAH ISTANBUL DEC 09, 2022 – 2:39 PM GMT+3 Whirling dervishes perform sema in Konya, central Türkiye, Dec. 8, 2022. (AA Photo) Türkiye marks the 749th anniversary of the […]
Remembering Rumi: How he inspired the East and the West
BY AMIR SÜLEYMAN SEP 30, 2021 – DAILY SABAH Whirling Dervishes take part in a Sama ceremony marking the anniversary of the death of Mevlana Jalaluddin Rumi, Istanbul, Turkey, Dec. […]
The misrepresentation of Rumi
To Know more how you can benefit from the Muslim Times, go to our Homepage or About Us page. By Muhammad Mujtaba Iqbal 10:09 PM | January 16, 2022 A poet, faqih, scholar, theologian, […]
Commemorating Rumi: Islamic scholar, poet and mystic
BY ASSOCIATED PRESS DEC 24, 2021 Each year, thousands of people travel to the Turkish city of Konya to attend a weeklong series of events and ceremonies that mark the death […]
Love, passion, God: Navigating Konya during Rumi’s anniversary
BY YASEMIN ÇELEBI PAÇALIOĞLU DEC 10, 2021 – 11:52 AM GMT+3Great view of Mevlana Square in Konya, Turkey. (Shutterstock Photo) Every year the world flocks to the city of Konya, […]
Ceremonies commemorating Rumi set to start in Turkey’s Konya
BY ANADOLU AGENCY KONYA DEC 06, 2021 – 11:22 PM GMT+3The shrine of Rumi in central Konya province comes to the forefront with its distinctive green-tiled cylindrical dome. (Sabah / Archive) […]
Former priest finds love for Rumi, Islam in Turkey’s Konya
BY DAILY SABAH ISTANBUL TURKEY SEP 23, 2021 3:27 PM GMT+3Ismail Fenter (R) prays along with Nadir Karnıbüyük in Konya, central Turkey, Sept. 23, 2021. (AA Photo) Ismail Fenter has been in search […]
Kabul to rebuild birthplace of famous poet Rumi
This photograph taken on June 19, 2016, shows the ruins of the house of Muslim mystic and poet Rumi in Balkh, northern Afghanistan. (AFP/File) Short Url https://arab.news/jyzq $7m mosque project […]
Exploring the Islamic pearl of central Anatolia, city of Rumi: Konya
BY ARGUN KONUK TRAVEL DEC 11, 2020 The central square of the old town of Konya with the Mevlana Museum in the background and Selimiye Mosque at night. (Shutterstock Photo) […]
Sahar Esfandiari / Reclaiming Rumi: How Islam was erased from the Persian poet’s work
Sahar Esfandiari A new online campaign, Rumi Was Muslim, seeks to rectify the whitewashing and mistranslations of the renowned 13th-century Persian poet and Muslim scholar. Founded by researchers and translators Sharghzadeh and Zirrar, […]
Rumi and his holistic human rights theory
ERGIN ERGÜL Published Human rights, although largely described as a modern term, are indeed as old as the history of mankind. The age we live has been deemed the […]
An old story: Looking for a Muslim Voltaire
İBRAHIM KALIN @ikalin1 The fact that Muslims don’t have a Voltaire doesn’t mean that they know nothing about critical reasoning, just like the fact that the West doesn’t have […]
America’s Best-Selling Poet was a Muslim: And His Name Was Muhammad
11/13/2017 This piece was written by Bahar Davary, an Associate Professor of Religious Studies at the University of San Diego. Jalaluddin Muhammad Balkhī (1207-1273), better known as Rumi, is the […]
Speaking the language of the heart in an age of lost meaning
İBRAHIM KALIN @ikalin1 Articles COLUMNS The age of uncertainty and humility COLUMNS The Muslim world must wake up from its slumber COLUMNS Turkey-EU relations: Is a reset possible? According to Ethnologue, an online resource on world languages, there are more than 7,000 living languages. Some are […]
Madonna set to visit Konya, adopted home of Sufi mystic
Source: DAILY SABAH ISTANBUL Her interest in Mawlana Jalaluddin Rumi, a Persian Sufi mystic who settled in Turkey, brings international pop star Madonna to the mystic’s adopted home, a Turkish […]
What Trump and His Supporters Can Learn From Muslim Leaders
By Craig Considine CHARLES PHELPS CUSHING/CLASSICSTOCK VIA GETTY IMAGES Support for Donald Trump is surging across the United States. This is particularly troubling because in recent weeks, he has called for banning Muslim immigration, shutting down mosques, spying on Muslims, making Muslims carry ID badges, and a few other […]