Modern world and Islam: Humanism and Sufism
BY EKREM DEMIRLI JAN 05, 2023 – DAILY SABAH The most important issue that separates Islam and Christianity is its understanding of Tawhid (oneness of God). (Getty Images Photo) The […]
Book Review. From Sufism to Ahmadiyya: A Muslim Minority Movement in South Asia Hardcover –
Follow the Author Adil Hussain Khan + Follow by Adil Hussain Khan (Author) 4.6 out of 5 stars 8 ratings See all formats and editions Kindle$7.99Read with Our Free App Hardcover$50.00 4 Used from $50.0014 New from $36.93 The […]
Sufism: Where otherness does not exist
BY MAHMUD EROL KILIÇ APR 06, 2022 – DAILY SABAH Illustrations by Shutterstock – edited by Büşra Öztürk. When looking through the lens of the concept of absolute unity within […]
The Political Role of Sufi Mystics in Afghanistan
Written by Fizza Batool September 14, 2021 Since the Taliban swiftly took Kabul in August, Afghans and Afghanistan watchers have been grappling with what the shape and nature of the new […]
Islamic Schools of Thought
THE ISLAMIC POINT OF VIEW can be presented from two different perspectives: first by analysing the work of various Muslim thinkers, and second by attempting to directly assess the Quranic […]
Interview Richard Thompson at 70: on love, loss and being a Muslim in Trump’s US
Editor’s Note: We give you here the paragraph dealing with Richard Thompson and his being a Muslim. For the full interview please go to source: Source: The Guardian The […]
Is Sufism an alternative to political Islam?
Source: The Arab Weekly By Hisham al-Najjar Is Sufism an alternative to political Islam? The Sufi current should not have political wings that would represent it, as was the case with […]
ISABELLE EBERHARDT: The Swiss explorer who broke ground for women travel writers
By Ghania Adamo THIS CONTENT WAS PUBLISHED ON MARCH 3, 2019 Isabelle Eberhardt in the Sahara desert around 1900. (Getty Images / Apic) Explorer Isabelle Eberhardt paved the way […]
Sufism: ‘a natural antidote to fanaticism’
Source: The Guardian By Jason Webster Jason Webster on why the republication of Idries Shah book about Sufism – whose enthusiasts have included Winston Churchill, Ted Hughes and Doris Lessing – […]
What caused the decline of the Muslim Civilisation?
The historian and former banker, Benedikt Koehler, in his lecture on ‘Early Islam and the Birth of Capitalism’ appears at a loss to explain what happened to the critical inquiry and dynamic underpinning that was the distinctive feature of the Early Islamic zeitgeist (watch from 49.05). A young Hamza Yusuf […]
Can you be spiritual if you do not believe in God? 21st Century Spirituality
source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/resources/idt-sh/spirituality More than half of the UK population identify as having no religion. But many have a spiritual side. Ten people explain what spirituality means to them. Barbara My […]
Should Pakistan now Declare Ahmadis to be Muslims in the Light of the Amman Message?
There is no god but Allah and Muhammad is His Prophet. Is it high time for Pakistan to correct her political and religious mistake of declaring the Ahamdi Muslims as […]
Extremists bulldoze Sufi mosque in central Tripoli
TRIPOLI — Attackers bulldozed a mosque containing Sufi Muslim tombs in the centre of Tripoli in broad daylight on Saturday, in what appeared to be Libya’s most blatant sectarian attack […]
Libyan Sufis mark prophet’s birthday despite tension
TRIPOLI — Libyan Sufis staged a joyous parade through the heart of Tripoli on Saturday to mark the Prophet Mohammad’s birthday, defying radical Salafi Muslims pressuring them to scrap the centuries-old tradition. Chanting hymns to the beat of drums and cymbals, marchers choked the narrow alleys of the walled old […]
Celebrating Divine Union: Death Anniversary of Rumi
Source: Huffington Post Author:Fahad Faruqui Jalaluddin Rumi is famed as much in the west as in east for the tradition of whirling and an assortment of devotional poetry. His death anniversary on Dec. 17 is known as Wedding Night, or Seb-i Arus in Turkish. Like every year, dervishes and devoted fans across […]