Despite their small number, the Bektashis are set to form the world’s newest country — a first-of-its-kind Islamic microstate ...

In relation to this incident, more than 200 Gonabadi Dervishes were sentenced to a total of 1,080 years ... The Gonabadi Dervish religious minority are members of Iran’s largest Sufi order and ...

The ritual of whirling dervishes is observed by Sufi Muslims in honor of the 13th century poet Rumi. Though commonly associated with Turkey, NPR notes that there "are now many Sufi dervish orders ...

Then the Taliban took over. The Taliban sees Sufi whirling dervishes as against Islamic law. Fahima Mirzaei had no choice but to run. This is the story of her escape. This is part of the ...

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While respecting the Sufi tradition, these women’s will brings a fresh and ... By performing rotations, the dancers, called dervishes, attempt to abandon their earthly existence and enter into prayer.

Whirling Dervishes, and Baul musicians. Uniquely named stage settings reflected the diversity of Delhi’s Sufi heritage. Bebaak (fearless) celebrated poetry, storytelling, and spoken word ...

Historian William Dalrymple journeys to Morocco, Turkey, Syria and Pakistan to explore whirling dervishes, Qawwali singing and other forms of music sacred in Sufism, the branch of Islam that ...

In the early 13th century, Hazrat Amir Khusrau the legendary poet, composer, inventor, linguist, historian and scholar, wrote Qissa-ye Chahār Darvēsh (The Tale of Four Dervishes), known as Bāgh-o ...

Rumi was a Sufi poet, theologian and teacher who was ... It was from these ideas he founded the order of the Mevlevi, the "whirling" dervishes, and created the Sema, their sacred dance.