| 单词 | Sufi |
| 例句 | “Among the Sufis there is a teaching that the universe has never been created and consequently cannot be destroyed. I have spent the afternoon,” Luke announced gravely, “browsing in our little library.” The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z But there’s a Sufi story that challenges the notion that people believe only because they need an opiate. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z This poor Sufi dressed in rags walked into a jewelry store owned by a rich merchant and asked him, “Do you know how you’re going to die?” Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z Even some of Sufi Mohammad’s own followers were unhappy with this turn of events. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z We had thought Sufi Mohammad would tell his followers to put down their weapons, but instead he called democracy un-Islamic and encouraged them to keep fighting. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Combining classic rock and the blues and mixing it with the mystical music and poetry of Islamic Sufism, he created "Sufi rock". Rock against religious fanaticism 2010-04-22T21:20:00Z See a whirling dervish: It’s not dancing; it’s a demonstration of the trancelike whirling done by members of the mystical Sufi sect. Take a budget-friendly bus tour of Turkey 2015-05-01T04:00:00Z "Islam is an ocean, you know, it has different sects. More than 70. So I follow the Sufi kind of philosophy which is about love," Rahman said. My Muslim faith, way of life reflect peace, says India's Oscar-winning Rahman 2017-07-07T04:00:00Z On the one hand, I couldn’t believe all these Sufis at the workshop were part of an MLM company. How I ended up in a pyramid scheme 2013-05-23T00:00:00Z Bono has already described their next LP, Songs of Ascent, as a "ghost album of hymns and Sufi singing". U2 reworking hits with Blackstreet member 2010-07-23T10:10:00Z She told me it was run by this Sufi master who accepts any and all connections to a higher power. How I ended up in a pyramid scheme 2013-05-23T00:00:00Z The Sufi poet Rumi wrote meditations on death and the afterlife that would have been entirely comprehensible to Donne. Poster poems: religion 2013-04-12T15:23:10Z It's about competing value systems, with the puritanical Salafi influences on one side and the more laid-back Sufi influences on the other. Salman Ahmad, Sufi rocker 2010-05-20T11:29:00Z A strange new refugee culture merges traditions of the Sufi pastoralists with Western values imbibed from aid workers. Dadaab refugee camp, detailed in 'City of Thorns,' is a world ripped from the world 2016-01-02T05:00:00Z Referring to a part of the exhibition called “Mandalas and Dervishes,” the brochure invokes the whirling dances of Sufi adepts: “Gyrating works in this group invite hypnotic or psychedelic imbalance — mystical experiences by other means.” Op Art Through a Latin Lens 2016-02-18T05:00:00Z He was refreshingly free of dogmatism, as was reflected in the many religious affiliations in his music: Christian, Sufi, Buddhist, Hindu. Jonathan Harvey obituary 2012-12-05T21:16:32Z I’m especially sorry to have missed the Sufi songs. Sattriya, Kathak and Bharatanatyam Dance at Drive East 2014-08-18T04:00:00Z Despite its robust assortment of turns and falls, “Vertical Road,” inspired by the Sufi tradition and the Persian poet Rumi, is more a trip through the corners of the mind. Dance Review: Akram Khan Company?s ?Vertical Road? at Montclair State 2012-02-09T22:46:38Z There are now many Sufi dervish orders around the world, including in the United States. AP PHOTOS: Whirling dervish ritual honors Sufi mystic poet 2021-12-21T05:00:00Z This locus for an embracing form of Islam is being threatened by severe Wahhabi Islam, whose practitioners condemn Sufis as idol worshippers. 'Nine Lives': the everyday practitioners of Hinduism, Buddhism and Islam in a changing India 2010-06-19T00:36:00Z In Irving, Mohamed owned a taxi company and served as religious leader for a small group of Sufi Muslims. A year ago, Ahmed Mohamed became ‘Clock Boy.’ Now, he can’t escape that moment. 2016-08-02T04:00:00Z A Seattle Pacific University professor of English writes a novel about the Sufi guide Al Khidr. Local books: Living 'radically local,' where to find ghosts and some seafood recipes 2010-05-03T20:33:00Z In and around Mosul in northern Iraq, the militants have destroyed scores of smaller Sufi and Shia shrines, tombs, mosques and Ottoman period buildings, said Lamia Al-Gailani Werr, an Iraqi archaeologist living in London. In Syria and Iraq, Trying to Protect a Heritage at Risk 2014-10-03T04:00:00Z The concert opened with “Tabligh,” a piece inspired by Sufi music. Music Review: Wadada Leo Smith at Roulette in Brooklyn - Review 2011-12-18T22:47:39Z And at exactly the moment I arrived at that thought I saw there was a Sufi meeting two minutes from our house in Hampstead, at a church hall in Belsize Park. Keeping the faith 2010-04-10T23:05:00Z Notable here is an elliptical begging bowl thought to have been used in Sufi shrines; it would fit gracefully into uplifted hands. Review: ‘Sultans of Deccan India,’ Unearthly Treasures of a Golden Age, at the Met 2015-04-23T04:00:00Z Not bad for a Sufi mystic, poet, and scholar who died in 13th-century Persia. Leonardo DiCaprio will ruin a Rumi movie — and not just because he’s a white guy 2016-06-09T04:00:00Z Issa Touma's series of dynamic black and white pictures, called Sufis, gets very visually close to a religious procession in Syria. Light from the Middle East offers a true reflection of a complex region 2012-11-13T15:42:22Z In one from the early 18th century, a half-dozen female angels bring food to a starving Sufi meditating in a landscape of heavenly beauty. Art In Review: NEW YORK ARTS OF PACIFIC ASIA SHOW 2012-03-22T20:33:26Z Cosmology, especially the soulful mysticism of Islam’s Sufis, is an undercurrent in Farmanfarmaian’s work. Two Iranian Artists and the Revolution 2015-09-15T04:00:00Z The Conference of the Birds is a 12th-century masterpiece, written by another Persian Sufi, Attar. Kamin Mohammadi's top 10 Iranian books 2011-07-20T11:07:13Z And yet, 19 minutes of conversation later, it's obvious that the greatest female Sufi singer in history is almost disappointingly blissed out. Abida Parveen: 'I'm not a man or a woman, I'm a vehicle for passion' 2013-07-08T17:10:27Z For a festival like the whirling Mevlevi dervishes’ commemoration of the death of the Sufi mystic Rumi, in Turkey, Fest300 is one of the few resources on the Web that provide practical information on it. Close-Up: Hotels, Festivals and Identity 2013-07-24T16:46:33Z He is typically referred to as a mystic, a saint, a Sufi, an enlightened man. The Erasure of Islam from the Poetry of Rumi 2017-01-05T05:00:00Z A few plucked from the gold-plated platter: the meaning of coffee to a Sufi, Emirati and Yemeni; baklava tales; and a Lebanese man’s quest to visit all 47 U.S. towns named Lebanon. With travel podcasts, explore the world through your ear buds 2020-12-10T05:00:00Z Clayton inverts this power dynamic with his sound art project, Sufi Plug Ins. In 'Uproot,' Jace Clayton takes a worldwide tour of the digital underground 2016-08-19T04:00:00Z The failure was The Thief and the Cobbler, a feature length animation inspired by the Sufi folk tales that obsessed Williams throughout his career. Richard Williams: the master animator 2013-04-19T17:59:00Z Did that one Sufi pilgrim really smuggle in seven beans from Yemen in the 16th century? South Indian filter coffee is like no coffee you've had before 2020-12-24T05:00:00Z Living on a prayer … the Ansar Dine group has vowed to start on Timbuktu's mosques if they contain monuments to Sufi saints. Will anyone save Timbuktu from Islamist tomb raiders? 2012-07-02T11:56:11Z At the smaller, quieter shrine of Inayat Khan, who took Sufi thought to Europe 100 years ago, qawwals sing every Friday under a glass dome that lets in the darkening sky. The Asia Issue: Asian Odysseys 2011-03-18T18:55:00Z But the harassment from the Sufis wouldn’t stop. How I ended up in a pyramid scheme 2013-05-23T00:00:00Z I’ve always wanted to see whirling dervishes perform the mystical Sufi ceremony known as a sema, in which their series of mesmerizing turns help them, and the audience, reach a state of nirvana. Here’s what you should know before attending a whirling dervish ceremony in Turkey 2019-04-11T04:00:00Z Gurney’s “Love Letters” and an evening featuring traditional Sufi music. What's on This Week Around the World 1462-08-11T05:00:00Z In 1888, she set off for Algeria, where she helped set up schools and tended impoverished families and Sufi mystics. A Renewed Spotlight on Two Women Artists 2016-05-19T04:00:00Z “Moroccan youth don’t usually dance in public spaces, unless it’s a wedding celebration or Sufi procession,” said Hisham Aidi, a researcher at Columbia University who writes about global hip-hop and cultural policy. Morocco’s D.I.Y. Dance Crews 2018-05-26T04:00:00Z But the tombs revere Sufi saints, and the Islamist rebels who have taken over Timbuktu regard such saint-cults as idolatrous. Will anyone save Timbuktu from Islamist tomb raiders? 2012-07-02T11:56:11Z The inhabitants are largely guided by ancient Sufi beliefs and traditions, a mystical strain of Islam. A Sudan in transition presents first-ever film for Oscars 2020-12-25T05:00:00Z He described his next project, “Las Mimosas,” which he said would deal with Moroccan caravans, the myth of Faust and a Sufi wise man, as an “idealistic film about the absurdity of idealism.” Oliver Laxe?s Morocco Film ?You All Are Captains? 2011-10-16T04:10:13Z Barks had not seen this man before, but he met him the following year, at a Sufi order near Philadelphia. The Erasure of Islam from the Poetry of Rumi 2017-01-05T05:00:00Z The outcome will be mouthwatering curries and soothing Sufi ballads, not violent conflict. Pakistani and Indian chefs compete on reality TV 2012-01-31T12:35:09Z Like the Sufis say, “Life is a dream, and death is waking up.” Talk: The Devil in Marina Abramovic 2012-06-16T03:00:07Z Whirling dervish ceremonies were started as a form of meditation by Jalaluddin Rumi, the famous Sufi Muslim mystic and poet, in the 13th century. Here’s what you should know before attending a whirling dervish ceremony in Turkey 2019-04-11T04:00:00Z His one moment of communal release and transcendence, at a Sufi center in Cairo, manifests as an attraction to his cousin. Ramy: the smartest, darkest TV comedy that you're not watching 2020-06-02T04:00:00Z “You know, I am a Sufi. I don’t worry about the money,” Mohamed replies. A year ago, Ahmed Mohamed became ‘Clock Boy.’ Now, he can’t escape that moment. 2016-08-02T04:00:00Z My experience in coaching executives on giving meaningful and effective feedback reminds me of an ancient Sufi saying dating back to the 13th century. Don’t follow in Michael Scott’s footsteps: Ancient wisdom can help employers give better feedback 2017-01-02T05:00:00Z After all, the Pakistani Taliban are still bombing and violently attacking Sufi sites and shrines, which are left unprotected and ignored by political leaders. Abida Parveen: 'I'm not a man or a woman, I'm a vehicle for passion' 2013-07-08T17:10:27Z When an artifact is close at hand, we see that it was once touched by another’s hand: Booth wrote these words; a Sufi scribe drew these lines. Museum Exhibitions at National Archives and the Smithsonian 2014-05-29T04:00:00Z She adopted a new name when she married a Senegalese man and converted to Sufi Islam, in 1991. Maïmouna Guerresi’s Mystical Portraiture 2015-09-18T04:00:00Z He traveled to the republic of Georgia to record polyphonic folk songs and to Fez, Morocco, in search of Sufi music. David Lewiston, Who Recorded Indigenous Music Far and Wide, Dies at 88 2017-05-31T04:00:00Z It also epitomizes Gysin’s interest in the Sufi trance music of Jajouka, a village in southern Morocco, one of many other connections to the music world. Art Review: At New Museum, Brion Gysin?s First Retrospective 2010-07-29T21:21:00Z I think of the Sufi mystic Rabi’a: “I seek forgiveness from God for the lack of my sincerity when I say I seek the forgiveness of God.” Throwing Weight Into Sound: Kaveh Akbar on Poetry and Power 2019-04-19T04:00:00Z It might be Sufi: "When the work's finished, you must demolish the workshop." Kathleen Jamie on writing a book 2012-08-17T21:55:09Z The Pickle Bar, where speakers have covered topics like Soviet textbooks, Sufi folk tales and Arabic calligraphy, is based in the Moabit district of Berlin. These Artists Bring Pickles to the Party 2022-09-22T04:00:00Z Like with most vehicles in Senegal, the windshields or doors are decorated with stickers of the faces of Sufi and Muslim leaders. Travels with locals: 10 great public transport rides 2015-05-13T04:00:00Z Although formally Muslim, some of the rulers were wide-ranging spiritual seekers who surrounded themselves with holy men: Sufi sages, Jesuit missionaries, yogis. Art Review: ‘Yoga: The Art of Transformation’ at Sackler Gallery 2014-01-02T22:01:19Z My father converted from Judaism to Islam when I was five years old, and I grew up in a Sufi commune that turned into a cult in the Hill Country of Texas. I was in a cult. Britney was in a conservatorship. Our situations are crazy similar 2021-11-21T05:00:00Z Lincoln Center said 43 musicians would perform “a combination of folk and classical Indian music” that includes ballads about the kings of Rajasthan, Sufi songs and songs for occasions. Lincoln Center Fall Festival to Focus on Spiritual 2010-05-12T20:15:00Z It's a plaintive sound, whose settings of ancient Sufi texts often speak of sadness and exile, delivered with an immense vocal and tonal range. Farida Mohammad Ali: the mother of all Maqam 2010-07-01T21:30:00Z In Africa, for example, Pentecostal Christians now push aside Anglicans, while some children of moderate Sufi Muslims adopt a more radical, intolerant faith, one they believe is purer and links them to a global struggle. Books of The Times: In ?The Tenth Parallel,? by Eliza Griswold, Religions Clash 2010-08-17T23:26:00Z Her father, a Qadiri Sufi who believed that sharing knowledge was every Muslim’s duty, ensured that she studied the classics in Arabic, Latin and Greek. 7 of the most amazing women you’ve never heard of 2014-01-20T20:00:00Z I was married by Sufis – my dear friends from San Diego. How I ended up in a pyramid scheme 2013-05-23T00:00:00Z Across the road, through a dense warren of mosques, graves and vendors of lamb and roses is the shrine of Nizamuddin Auliya, the 13th-century Sufi saint from whom the neighborhood gets its name and lore. The Asia Issue: Asian Odysseys 2011-03-18T18:55:00Z The fascinating and well-researched program encompassed Coptic and Armenian chant, Sephardic songs, Sufi melodies and Thomas Tallis’s “Lamentations of Jeremiah” on the historic destruction of Jerusalem. Music Review: Great Music in a Great Space at St. John the Divine 2013-05-06T15:51:49Z Classical Sufi music, for him, came from the soul – I was pulled in by it. Abida Parveen: 'I'm not a man or a woman, I'm a vehicle for passion' 2013-07-08T17:10:27Z In the aftermath of the bombing of a Sufi shrine, the police search for Daniyal, whom they suspect of being involved in the case. ‘The Bargain from the Bazaar’: A Pakistani family’s struggle 2014-03-07T19:49:11Z He returns to the Sufi tomb every night. The Delhi Walla’s Visions of a Possibly Vanishing India 2019-08-11T04:00:00Z In fact, he says, while How to Get Filthy Rich in Rising Asia, may sound mammon-obsessed, it is actually a "secular Sufi love poem". Mohsin Hamid 2013-03-26T19:07:18Z It sounded like a hard-headed attempt to reconcile his faith in music with his Sufi belief. Keeping the faith 2010-04-10T23:05:00Z A single light bulb cast a bleary gleam on framed pictures of the Hindu god Krishna, the Sikh saint Guru Nanak, and a Muslim Sufi shrine—a menu of sin absolvers to choose from. The Delhi Walla’s Visions of a Possibly Vanishing India 2019-08-11T04:00:00Z He created some audio software called Sufi Plugins, written in obscure Berber script, with a second volume out soon. DJ /rupture: how to sing like a sufi 2013-03-26T18:59:01Z In Douglas J. Cuomo’s “Only Breath,” inspired by Andalusian vistas and Sufi chant, Ms. Beiser played keening lines over an electronic backdrop created with samples of her breathing and playing. Music Review: Maya Beiser?s Multicultural Harmonies at Poisson Rouge 2010-04-18T22:55:00Z In 1956, even though legislation still outlawed these Sufi sects, the Turkish government revived the whirling dervish ceremony as a cultural asset. Here’s what you should know before attending a whirling dervish ceremony in Turkey 2019-04-11T04:00:00Z The Zildjians likely also did business with Greek and Armenian churches, Sufi dervishes and the Sultan’s harem, where belly dancers wore finger cymbals. A Family’s 400-Year-Old Musical Secret Still Rings True 2018-08-03T04:00:00Z No wonder this poetry and its music became the pabulum for Sufi gatherings, where this human-divine ambiguity was the keynote. Songs of the city 2016-02-18T05:00:00Z What a group the bassist David Holland convened for an album named after a Persian Sufi classic. ECM’s Catalog Is Finally Streaming. Here Are 21 Essential Albums. 2017-11-17T05:00:00Z That work remains one of the most widely read texts in the Muslim and Persian-speaking world, both for its Sufi wisdom and poetic force. How Did Rumi Become One of Our Best-Selling Poets? 2017-01-20T05:00:00Z In 1996, a group of four girls broke a centuries-old convention when they started learning Sufiyana music, a classical Persian genre of music which Kashmir adopted after Persian Sufi saints started visiting the region. Kashmir girl band breaks up after threats 2013-02-05T13:32:10Z This year we loved the hiss, crackle and pop of Gonjasufi's debut album, A Sufi and a Killer. Audio advent calendar: Download Gonjasufi's Holidaze 2010-12-08T16:27:00Z That’s when he began reading widely in spiritual traditions — Hindu; Buddhist; Sufi; Christian; and his own, Jewish — for perspective, and guidance on how to live. Josh Radnor Is ‘Existentially Restless.’ And That’s O.K. 2016-12-23T05:00:00Z “I think whatever music, whether it’s jazz or metal or Sufi music or ambient music or electronic music, there’s a certain level of,” he paused to find the right words. Dan Weiss’s Starebaby Mines the Loud Ground Where Jazz and Metal Meet 2018-03-29T04:00:00Z The imposing “Gateways” incorporates Buddhism’s Four Noble Truths, while the smaller “Dancers” features poetry by Rumi, the 13th-century Islamic Sufi mystic. Review | In the galleries: A wide array of media carry election-year messages 2020-10-28T04:00:00Z But it is built and running on prayers of our Sufi kings, our pirs. Abida Parveen: 'I'm not a man or a woman, I'm a vehicle for passion' 2013-07-08T17:10:27Z Sometimes they’re comic, like the visit to an absurd Sufi ceremony led by an Austrian heiress. ‘Homeland Elegies’ Sings for a Fading Dream of National Belonging 2020-09-10T04:00:00Z The Veil of the Temple uses both Christian and Islamic texts while Hymn of Dawn contains Hindu, Sufi and Jewish influences as well as the music of native American tradition. Obituary: Sir John Tavener 2013-11-12T17:29:21Z She took as her inspiration lines of the 13th-century Sufi poet Rumi: “Religions are many/ But God is one/ The lamps may be different/ But the light is the same.” Review | Imani Winds quintet warms up a frigid evening 2019-01-31T05:00:00Z The television series being produced outside Damascus is about a Sufi cleric called Muhiy al-Din bin Arabi, and is set in historic Mecca, the holiest city of Islam located in modern-day Saudi Arabia. Film cameras start to roll again in Damascus studios 2019-03-26T04:00:00Z The film starts when a mother, Sakina, takes her newborn boy to a Sufi ceremony at a nearby shrine as a blessing. A Sudan in transition presents first-ever film for Oscars 2020-12-25T05:00:00Z But what if you continued to circulate for a much more extended time, like a whirling Sufi? Op Art Through a Latin Lens 2016-02-18T05:00:00Z Outside the tomb of the medieval Sufi sheik Hamed al Nil, the late afternoon sun slashed across a dirt lot beside a dusty cemetery. Explorer: Pyramids by the Nile. Egypt? No, Sudan. 2012-10-05T15:50:42Z The song, incidentally, was released a day before the brutal murder of renowned Sufi singer Amjad Sabri across the border in Pakistan, making the peaceful message it advocates all the more poignant. Watch India's First 'Sufi Rap' Video 2016-06-23T04:00:00Z “I consider myself a Sufi of the Mevlevi order,” she explains. How we met: 'Sometimes couples use sex to make up. We’ve learned to bond in other ways’ 2019-06-03T04:00:00Z His poems do this work because they are deeply infused with both Sufi mystical language and European mythology. Why Adonis should win the Nobel 2010-10-06T14:00:00Z A recent favorite was uttered by Hazrat Inayat Khan, the Sufi teacher: “Some people look for a beautiful place, others make a place beautiful.” The Gospel According to Pinterest 2012-10-03T20:21:53Z They grew up in New Delhi, listening to Sufi and Hindi music. Preserving Manganiyars and Their Indian Folk Music Tradition 2012-08-22T21:35:34Z In fact, power is a common feature of many different vocal traditions: the blues, Bulgarian folk singing, Sufi chanting, Russian choral singing. Can opera singers sing pop ? and vice versa? 2011-07-28T22:00:03Z Moulay Brahim is named after a Moroccan Sufi saint who practiced a form of Islam valuing peace, love and tolerance, emphasizing inward meditation to reach a connection with God. Moroccan villagers mourn after earthquake brings destruction to their rural mountain home 2023-09-09T04:00:00Z "Gnawa is first and foremost a Sufi brotherhood music combined with lyrics with a generally religious content, invoking ancestors and spirits," Unesco says. Gnawa music: Morocco's Asmâa Hamzaoui takes centre-stage 2023-09-01T04:00:00Z The city - once an idyll of pleasure gardens, Sufi devotion, arts and Mughal regalia - now laid in ferment, sacked and looted. Delhi's earliest crimes revealed by 1800s police records 2023-07-08T04:00:00Z Sufis who achieved a special closeness with God were revered as saints, and their graves became sites of pilgrimage. World History: from 1400 2022-12-14T00:00:00Z Other contemporaries viewed his poetry as reflecting the Sufi value of moving beyond external religious conformity to a more personal spirituality. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z Pakistan is a conservative Muslim nation where fundamentalists often target musicians for what they see as blasphemy, despite the country’s rich history of devotional Sufi and folk music. Ali Sethi is at Coachella, and everywhere else. And he’s not done yet. 2023-04-22T04:00:00Z The researchers compared the apes’ rope spinning speeds to human pirouettes in professional ballet and the turning of Ukrainian hopak dancers, Sufi whirling dervishes and suspended spinning-rope acts by circus artists. Why Primates (Including Humans) Love to Spin Ourselves around until We All Fall Down 2023-03-28T04:00:00Z The dervishes, a Sufi order of Islam that is rooted in mysticism, are chiefly known for the “sama” ritual in which they spin in unison with prayers and verses from the Quran. AP PHOTOS: Dervishes on mystic Rumi’s path whirl for God 2022-12-20T05:00:00Z Through a combination of imperial conquest, trade, Sufi missionary work, and migration, by 1500 the religion of Islam had expanded far and wide. World History: from 1400 2022-12-14T00:00:00Z For the Sufi mystics, the struggle against internal doubt and weakness could be a form of jihad. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z Rabat has offered visa-free entry for citizens of some African states and has brought thousands of West Africa religious students to study at seminaries linked to Sufi Muslim shrines that have a big regional following. Morocco targets diplomatic goals after World Cup run 2022-12-14T05:00:00Z Owner Bilal Sufi also does a roaring trade in bakarkhani, buttery, savory, crispy pastry discs best enjoyed with a cup of pink Kashmiri chai. Exclusive dining: Pakistani hole-in-the wall dishes up faves 2022-12-12T05:00:00Z He is regarded as one of the most important Sufi philosophers, and members of the Mevlevi order follow his teachings. AP PHOTOS: Dervishes on mystic Rumi’s path whirl for God 2022-12-20T05:00:00Z Sufis, Islamic mystics, had arrived in India in the eleventh century, and a substantial number of Muslims had Sufi ancestors. World History: from 1400 2022-12-14T00:00:00Z Sufis behaved like monks in other religions, renouncing the artificial performance of religious duties, as well as luxury and worldliness, to embrace a life dedicated to mystical union with God. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z Many have retreated to the mystical culture of Sufi Muslim shrines and beliefs, asserting that their gender is a matter of spiritual conviction. Oscar attention puts Pakistan’s transgender community under the spotlight 2022-11-28T05:00:00Z It is not a restaurant but a tandoor, a large oven made of clay, the 34-year-old Sufi tells people. Exclusive dining: Pakistani hole-in-the wall dishes up faves 2022-12-12T05:00:00Z The politician spoke for more than an hour, including references to the Sufi mystic Rumi, the fall of the Soviet Union, and the seventh century Shiite leader Imam Hussain. Pakistan’s ex-PM Khan says his party to quit all assemblies 2022-11-26T05:00:00Z From Malacca, religious teachers, many of them Sufis, brought Islam across the Malay Peninsula, and people on nearby islands also became converts. World History: from 1400 2022-12-14T00:00:00Z Some Sufis also rejected the rationalization of religion and criticized the incorporation of Greek philosophy into Islamic theology. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z Salman Sufi, an aide to Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif, told The Associated Press that the decision to lift the ban was made by a committee that the premier had formed to evaluate the film. Aide: With few cuts, Pakistan lifts ban on Oscar-entry movie 2022-11-16T05:00:00Z Sufi says he is only doing what his father and grandfather have done, detailing his marinade ingredients, cooking methods, meat provenance and animal husbandry. Exclusive dining: Pakistani hole-in-the wall dishes up faves 2022-12-12T05:00:00Z “The committee will assess the complaints as well as merits to decide on its release in Pakistan,” Sufi tweeted. Aide: Pakistani PM orders review of ban on Oscar-entry film 2022-11-14T05:00:00Z Like that of many Sufi orders, their ideology incorporated elements of both Sunni and Shia doctrines to proclaim a universal message and attract followers from both sects. World History: from 1400 2022-12-14T00:00:00Z Sufis were instructed in the movement’s practices by spiritual guides and often formed communities. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z Sufi said marginalized communities deserve a voice, like everyone else, including politicians. Pakistan reverses course, bans ‘Joyland’ from cinemas 2022-11-14T05:00:00Z Sufi says one kebab is enough for two people. Exclusive dining: Pakistani hole-in-the wall dishes up faves 2022-12-12T05:00:00Z They have waited for him to talk about how his life has been influenced by his faith, which he once told an interviewer hewed to the mystical Sufi Islam of the whirling dervishes. Oz Could Be the First Muslim U.S. Senator, but Some Muslim Americans Are Ambivalent 2022-11-06T04:00:00Z They also belonged to the various Sufi orders. World History: from 1400 2022-12-14T00:00:00Z While Sufis often sought to live lives of spiritual and moral perfection, their ultimate belief was that God was best worshipped through deep thought and reflection. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z The film's music, a blend of Western chords, folk drum beats, monkey chants and Sufi strains is led by Oscar-winning composer AR Rahman. Ponniyin Selvan: Mani Ratnam's epic drama fires up India box office 2022-10-03T04:00:00Z “All our kebabs are committed,” Sufi tells him solemnly. Exclusive dining: Pakistani hole-in-the wall dishes up faves 2022-12-12T05:00:00Z “But the Sufis would revere him, because he was all about the connection.” Oz Could Be the First Muslim U.S. Senator, but Some Muslim Americans Are Ambivalent 2022-11-06T04:00:00Z Most attacks over the past year have targeted Taliban members and mosques belonging to Shiites and Sufis, two of the country’s minority groups. Suicide Attack Hits Russian Embassy in Afghanistan, Killing 2 Employees 2022-09-05T04:00:00Z The Sufi emphasis on a mystical path of meditation and reflection also allowed Mongols to continue to live under the yassa and accept Sufi teachings and practices. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z Speaking to the BBC, Mr Sufi said the country was in desperate need of more international support. Pakistan appeals to world for flood help amid devastation 2022-08-27T04:00:00Z Sufi, unperturbed by his very basic surroundings, has no intention of changing anything. Exclusive dining: Pakistani hole-in-the wall dishes up faves 2022-12-12T05:00:00Z She said Sufis, Ahmadiyya Muslims, Sikhs and Hindus are also persecuted, while Baha’is, Buddhists, Zoroastrians and Christians “practice secretly or have gone into hiding.” Religious freedom ‘does not exist’ in Afghanistan one year after Taliban takeover, advocates say 2022-08-24T04:00:00Z There is one journey Mr. Dhillon hasn’t yet managed to arrange: He dreams of visiting the ancestral village and Sufi shrine in India that his grandfather once told him about. Survivors of Partition Seek Closure Through an Unlikely Source: YouTube 2022-08-13T04:00:00Z In April, the group bombed a high school and a crowded Sufi shrine in West Kabul, as well as mosques in two other cities, leaving scores dead and wounded. ISIS targets Shiites in Afghanistan, further roiling Taliban rule 2022-08-05T04:00:00Z In “The Conference of the Birds,” based on a Sufi poem, the birds of the title found a new spiritual understanding when their long, troubled journey ended at the threshold of paradise. Peter Brook, Celebrated Stage Director of Scale and Humanity, Dies at 97 2022-07-03T04:00:00Z Afghanistan's Shia and Sufi Muslim minorities have also repeatedly been targeted by the group. Afghanistan gurdwara attack: Sikhs say 'We don't feel safe' 2022-06-18T04:00:00Z It was the latest in a series of bloody terrorist attacks that since April have killed over 100 people, predominantly civilians among the country’s Shiite and Sufi minorities. Several Killed in Militant Attack on a Sikh Temple in Afghanistan 2022-06-18T04:00:00Z Particularly, it’s a feeling that comes when I’m in a spluttering yellow taxi whose radio is playing lulling Sufi chants as it barrels down the Corniche, Dakar’s seaside boulevard. At Dakar’s Biennale, the City Itself Is the Most Colorful Canvas 2022-06-01T04:00:00Z Speaking to the press, he called for investigations into the militant bombings targeting the Hazaras, other Shiites as well as Sufis, a mystical trend of Sunni and Shiite Islam that militants revile as heretical. UN official expresses concern on rights in Afghanistan 2022-05-26T04:00:00Z Bennett also called for investigation of attacks targeting Afghanistan's Shia and Sufi religious minorities, a trend he said bore "hallmarks of crimes against humanity". U.N. rights envoy says Taliban must reverse restrictions on Afghan women 2022-05-26T04:00:00Z On Friday, fighters from a Sufi Muslim group battled government forces for the capital of Galmudug state. Somalia's new president to be elected by parliament behind barricades 2022-05-15T04:00:00Z In recent weeks Shia and Sufi Muslim communities have been devastated by a series of bombings by IS, with around 100 people killed in attacks on mosques and minibuses as well as at Milad's school. Afghanistan pupils in fear after spate of Islamic State attacks 2022-05-12T04:00:00Z In the early 1950s, when he was handling music programmes for a state-run radio station, Uma Dutt began researching the santoor, a traditional instrument of Kashmir used in local Sufi music. Shiv Kumar Sharma: The maestro who straddled classical and popular music 2022-05-10T04:00:00Z The following week, three more explosions targeted Shiite and Sufi Muslims. With Spate of Attacks, ISIS Begins Bloody New Chapter in Afghanistan 2022-05-01T04:00:00Z People often gather at Sufi shrines and mosques, where they pray, chant and ask for help from past saints, whom they revere as wise and able to perform miracles. Sufi mosque bombed in Afghanistan 2022-04-30T04:00:00Z The Islamic State do not consider Sufis, who practice a mystical form of Islam, to be Muslims and have targeted Sufis in years past. Mosque Explosion Kills 33 as Deadly Week in Afghanistan Continues 2022-04-22T04:00:00Z Restricted from frequent visits, Grace and Eller-Boyko, who both follow the Sufi path, dug into spiritual tools they’d long relied on: meditation, dream work and paying attention to small signs. Renewing faith, or losing it, in the time of COVID-19 2022-04-09T04:00:00Z Aftab, who studied at the Berklee School of Music and is based in Brooklyn, has won rave reviews for her music - which mingles jazz, Hindustani classical music and Sufi devotional poetry. 19 facts about the 2022 Grammy Awards 2022-04-02T04:00:00Z Those that remain unclaimed fit the profile of previous attacks by the group, which considers Shiites and Sufis heretics. With Spate of Attacks, ISIS Begins Bloody New Chapter in Afghanistan 2022-05-01T04:00:00Z On Friday, one of Kabul’s most popular Sufi sites, filled with followers after weekly prayers, became the latest target in a string of terrorist bombings over the past two weeks. Sufi mosque bombed in Afghanistan 2022-04-30T04:00:00Z Ancient Assyrians, Egyptians and Hebrews burned cannabis as incense, while Sufi Muslims smoked it at shrines and while observing sacred dances. This pastor wants to promote the spiritual side of marijuana 2022-03-31T04:00:00Z Onstage, a band played music reminiscent of both Sufi qawwalis and Hindu songs of worship, with lyrics that drove the point home: Voters in the crucial Indian state of Uttar Pradesh ask: Are we job seekers or Hindus first? Ghazi, who recites Quran as part of Sufi circles she leads in Vancouver and at interfaith events, sees a blossoming of Muslim women’s voices in alternative Islamic spaces, particularly on social media. Amid debate, women lift their voices with Muslim sacred text 2022-02-16T05:00:00Z Their practices are grounded in Sufi lore, sometimes described as a form of Islamic mysticism. Pakistan: Police hunt for 'healer' who hit nail into woman's head 2022-02-09T05:00:00Z When he reached the entrance, he said, “smoke and dust were rising and all our Sufis were drowning in blood.” Sufi mosque bombed in Afghanistan 2022-04-30T04:00:00Z He once made a pilgrimage to ask a Sufi holy man whether he would find his brother. Two brothers were separated in India during the partition. 74 years later, they have finally reunited. 2022-01-22T05:00:00Z There is the favorite Punjabi dhol drumming, but also troupes that perform Egyptian, Mexican and Sufi dances — all with lavish outfits. The New Weddings in India’s South: ‘Expect Some Magic’ 2022-01-08T05:00:00Z On the road to Ladakh on a recent afternoon before the start of the snow season, dozens of heavy trucks painted with pictures of Sufi saints idled at a weigh station, their drivers milling about. On volatile border between India and China, a high-altitude military buildup is underway 2021-12-22T05:00:00Z In 2021, she was forced to flee as the Taliban consider Sufi whirling dervishes to be heretical and against Islamic law. BBC 100 Women 2021: Who is on the list this year? 2021-12-06T05:00:00Z But the deadly attack Friday on Sufi worshipers has come as a shock to the entire nation. Sufi mosque bombed in Afghanistan 2022-04-30T04:00:00Z In 2017, she took over a disused Lancashire mill for a performance that combined traditional English shape note singing and Sufi chanting. Can art fix a city’s problems beyond the gallery walls? 2021-11-26T05:00:00Z Alevis draw on Shi'ite Muslim, Sufi and Anatolian folk traditions, practising rituals which can put them at odds with Turkey's Sunni Muslim majority. Erdogan faces uphill bid to woo Turkey's large Alevi minority 2021-11-25T05:00:00Z A Sufi folk tale floats through the film like the smoke that curls in a dimly lighted doorway during an opening sequence, embellishing a hazily mythic aura that envelops the screen. How letting go of time shaped 'Faya Dayi' and its look at Ethiopia's imams and farmers 2021-11-23T05:00:00Z Mosques and thousands of Sufi shrines were also closed for sporadic periods. AP PHOTOS: Sufi religious order finally able to gather again 2021-10-24T04:00:00Z Afghans of all religious backgrounds travel to visit Sufi shrines seeking answers to their problems. Sufi mosque bombed in Afghanistan 2022-04-30T04:00:00Z It advocates the strict Saudi-inspired Wahhabi version of Islam, while most Somalis are Sufis. Seven killed in suicide attack near Somalia's presidential palace 2021-09-25T04:00:00Z The Taliban sees Sufi whirling dervishes as against Islamic law. The escape of the whirling dancer 2021-09-17T04:00:00Z “I’m talking with Sufi imams who have been doing this all their lives,” she said. How letting go of time shaped 'Faya Dayi' and its look at Ethiopia's imams and farmers 2021-11-23T05:00:00Z The Karkariya Sufi order was founded relatively recently, in the are where they are now meeting. AP PHOTOS: Sufi religious order finally able to gather again 2021-10-24T04:00:00Z There was also repression against Sufis during that era, as the influence of hard-line Sunni extremism became stronger under Taliban rule. Sufi mosque bombed in Afghanistan 2022-04-30T04:00:00Z In the work of the 13th-century Sufi poet Rumi, the rose is an emblem of the perfection of God, and to this day Persians see it as a mystical symbol, Shafia says. The Ethereal Taste of Flowers 2021-09-06T04:00:00Z Tina Verma, an activist who was among the 200 protesters gathered Thursday outside the crematorium, said she frequently used to see the girl begging outside a Sufi Muslim shrine just across from the cremation ground. Suspected rape and killing of Indian girl triggers protests 2021-08-05T04:00:00Z The girl's parents are Dalits - formerly untouchables - who make a living by begging outside a Sufi Muslim shrine located just across from the cremation ground in Delhi's Nangal area. Delhi rape and murder: Indians protest over Dalit girl's forced cremation 2021-08-04T04:00:00Z The term Sufi is broad and includes hundreds of movements spread all over the world. AP PHOTOS: Sufi religious order finally able to gather again 2021-10-24T04:00:00Z On Sunday, the local Islamic State affiliate took responsibility for the attack on “a worship place for disbeliever Sufis.” World Digest: May 16, 2021 2021-05-16T04:00:00Z Musa Abdullahi Sufi, a public health doctor, estimates that 20 percent of Kano residents would be ready today to accept a dose. In this Nigerian city, Pfizer fears loom over the vaccine rollout 2021-03-20T04:00:00Z By the time the Nasdaq bottomed in October 2002, some $6.2 trillion in household wealth had been destroyed, according to Amir Sufi, a professor at the University of Chicago. Analysis: A tulip by another name? 'Gamestonk' and the case for investor caution 2021-01-30T05:00:00Z Besides his supporters, attendees included members of his political party and followers of the Sufi religious order he led for decades. Thousands come out for funeral of former Sudan PM al-Mahdi 2020-11-27T05:00:00Z Each Sufi order is defined by its leader or its books. AP PHOTOS: Sufi religious order finally able to gather again 2021-10-24T04:00:00Z Crowds led by Islamic parties chanted anti-France slogans, raised banners and clogged major roads en route to a Sufi shrine. As anger rises, thousands of Muslims protest French cartoons 2020-10-30T04:00:00Z “When my grandmother started attending a Sufi mosque that was predominantly West African, I started to recognize all of the similarities in our foods.” A Dish That Reflects Our Nation: Okra Soup 2020-09-22T04:00:00Z They’re a minority in Afghanistan that’s been targeted for attacks by the Islamic State group, which considers Shiites - Sufi or otherwise - to be heretics. Young Afghan women, men practice whiling Sufi dance together 2020-09-22T04:00:00Z They’re a minority in Afghanistan that’s been targeted for attacks by the Islamic State group, which considers Shiites — Sufi or otherwise — to be heretics. Young Afghan women, men practice whiling Sufi dance together 2020-09-22T04:00:00Z Morocco has hundreds of Sufi orders and the kingdom encourages and supports their presence as a moderate form of religious devotion, as well as maintaining soft power with Sufi orders across West and North Africa. AP PHOTOS: Sufi religious order finally able to gather again 2021-10-24T04:00:00Z Miaan traced the first the operation to February 2018 from a malicious email targeting a Sufi religious group in Iran after a violent confrontation between its members and Iranian security forces. Iranian Hackers Found Way Into Encrypted Apps, Researchers Say 2020-09-18T04:00:00Z But the imam’s pragmatism and willingness to work with major figures from Mali’s traditional, syncretic Sufi tradition of Islam suggest such accusations may be misplaced. Mali protesters turn to populist imam Mahmoud Dicko to end cycle of corruption 2020-07-18T04:00:00Z This kind of Sufi worship was anathema to Islamists like the Ansar Dine fighters who adhere to a puritanical branch of Sunni Islam. Malian accused of Timbuktu war crimes refuses to enter plea 2020-07-14T04:00:00Z There are other Sufi dance groups scattered across the country’s provinces too, primarily men but some women, who perform in front of mixed audiences. Young Afghan women, men practice whiling Sufi dance together 2020-09-22T04:00:00Z And no one was more shocked than Youssef when Mahershala Ali signed on for Season 2 of the half-hour series, in a central role, playing a Sufi sheikh. 'Do not tell anybody you're Muslim': 'Ramy' stars reflect on Hollywood neglect 2020-06-04T04:00:00Z His quest to be a better person guides him to a new Islamic Center, led by an inspiring Sufi imam: “He’s so fuego, dude,” says his white convert friend. 'Ramy's' second season pulls off a miracle: It's even better than the first 2020-05-28T04:00:00Z Another common outcome is the violent intolerance of Shia and Sufi Muslims, as well as minority sects such as the Ahmadiyya and other religions such as Christianity. How Saudi Arabia's religious project transformed Indonesia 2020-04-16T04:00:00Z Thousands of people from across Asia and elsewhere gather at its global headquarters in New Delhi’s densely-populated Nizamuddin West neighbourhood famous for its Sufi shrines and kebab stalls. The religious retreat that sparked India's major coronavirus manhunt 2020-04-02T04:00:00Z A road in New Delhi near a Sufi shrine where hundreds of pilgrims often camp was empty except for an occasional passing car. India stays home in ‘people’s curfew’ to stem coronavirus 2020-03-22T04:00:00Z Senegal is approximately 95 percent Muslim, and most people belong to Sufi brotherhoods with centuries of history and massive political power. Coronavirus fears rise in Senegal as thousands travel for religious festivals 2020-03-05T05:00:00Z At his knee, she imbibed the Sufi canon and a respect for its power. 'This spirituality liberates you': Sufi superstar Abida Parveen set to transport Melbourne 2020-02-27T05:00:00Z Ancient Sufi mystics in Yemen drank it to induce a caffeinated jolt of spiritual elation. Reform in Saudi Arabia: the Climate-Coffee Connection 2020-02-14T05:00:00Z He became interested in religion, immersing himself in the Sufi, Buddhist and Hindu faiths, and recalled ending his Mexico trip after hearing a radio broadcast of Bach’s Fifth Brandenburg Concerto wafting on the breeze. Peter Serkin, adventurous pianist from a celebrated musical family, dies at 72 2020-02-02T05:00:00Z Gradually, classical Persian music, under the banner of Sufi music began to resurface. Mehdi Rajabian: Risking his life to make music in Iran 2020-01-22T05:00:00Z More than 300 Sufi followers were arrested and later sentenced to various prison terms. Leader of Iran’s Islamic mystics, known as Sufis, dies at 92 2019-12-24T05:00:00Z The Fourth Way drew from, among other things, Zen Buddhism, Sufi Islam, and the occult; followers strove for unceasing self-awareness and self-mastery. How Natural Wine Became a Symbol of Virtuous Consumption 2019-11-18T05:00:00Z In those days the Islam practiced in Afghanistan was deeply tied into Sufi traditions of poetry. In a Quiet Corner, an Old Afghan Poet Polishes ‘the Heart’s Mirror’ 2019-10-25T04:00:00Z Under the advice of doctors, Asrar’s family played him his favourite music, a collection of Sufi mystic songs, as he lay unconscious. Family demand justice for Kashmiri teenager killed in 'unprovoked attack' 2019-09-08T04:00:00Z The victims were going to a shrine housing the tomb of Sufi Shah Agha, a companion of the prophet Muhammad. World Digest: July 15, 2019 2019-07-15T04:00:00Z Some Sri Lankan Sufis, who follow a mystical form of Islam that Wahhabis consider heretical, said they began to be persecuted. Wahhabism confronted: Sri Lanka curbs Saudi influence after bombings 2019-07-05T04:00:00Z None stayed as long as Kasnazan, the leader of an order of Sufi Muslims who said he served as a paid CIA informant in the run-up to the U.S. invasion of Iraq in 2003. A wealthy Iraqi sheikh who urges a hard-line U.S. approach to Iran spent 26 nights at Trump’s D.C. hotel 2019-06-06T04:00:00Z At 15, Mr. Wujodi moved to Kabul, and found his way to the bookbinding shop of one of the most renowned mystic poets of the time, Sufi Ashqari. In a Quiet Corner, an Old Afghan Poet Polishes ‘the Heart’s Mirror’ 2019-10-25T04:00:00Z Williams started working on an early version in the 1960s, after illustrating a series of books drawn from folklore about the Sufi “holy fool” Nasrudin. Ahead of Aladdin, watch the lost film that helped shape it 2019-05-24T04:00:00Z Turrisi was using the daf, an Iranian frame drum with metal rings in the back, which is used a lot in Sufi music. Rhiannon Giddens and What Folk Music Means 2019-05-13T04:00:00Z Persecution intensified with the rise of Zahran, the suspected Easter bombings ringleader, whose followers attacked Sufis with swords in 2017, Ameer added. Wahhabism confronted: Sri Lanka curbs Saudi influence after bombings 2019-07-05T04:00:00Z The family’s Sufi militiamen were put to work guarding oil companies and U.S. military installations, such as ammunition depots and the Civil-Military Operations Center in Kirkuk. A wealthy Iraqi sheikh who urges a hard-line U.S. approach to Iran spent 26 nights at Trump’s D.C. hotel 2019-06-06T04:00:00Z The NTJ campaigned against the town's small community of Sufi Muslims, who follow a mystical form of the faith. The family networks behind the Sri Lanka bombings 2019-05-10T04:00:00Z According to initial reports, the blast occurred near the Data Darbar Sufi shrine. Explosion outside Sufi shrine in Lahore 2019-05-08T04:00:00Z Dr. Witteveen was co-president of the International Sufi Movement, a Sufi organization that espouses universal harmony — the sort of peaceful coexistence of nations and people that Dr. Witteveen sought through his work at the IMF. H. Johannes Witteveen, IMF chief who navigated economic turbulence, dies at 97 2019-05-01T04:00:00Z Representatives of the center did not respond to requests for comment about the Sufis’ allegations. Wahhabism confronted: Sri Lanka curbs Saudi influence after bombings 2019-07-05T04:00:00Z He viewed his Sufi order, which includes Sunnis and Shiites, as unifiers — a peaceable alternative to Iranian expansion on one side and al-Qaeda extremism on the other. A wealthy Iraqi sheikh who urges a hard-line U.S. approach to Iran spent 26 nights at Trump’s D.C. hotel 2019-06-06T04:00:00Z In 2004, there was a grenade attack on a Sufi mosque and in 2006 several homes of Sufis were set afire. 'Black sheep': The mastermind of Sri Lanka's Easter Sunday bombs 2019-04-26T04:00:00Z “Disbelievers and apostates, die with your anger,” read one post seen by Reuters this month that praised the killing of a Sufi cleric. Facebook's flood of languages leave it struggling to monitor content 2019-04-23T04:00:00Z His death was announced by the Sufi Movement of the Netherlands, which did not say where or how he died. H. Johannes Witteveen, IMF chief who navigated economic turbulence, dies at 97 2019-05-01T04:00:00Z Sufi Muslims wafted about in colorful robes, mixing with people singing Christian hymns. Amid Euphoria in Sudan, a Delicate Dance Over Who Will Lead: Soldiers or Civilians? 2019-04-16T04:00:00Z The intelligence provided by two Sufi brothers and their network was “so rare, so mind-blowing,” that the CIA gave them the code name ROCKSTARS, according to Woodward’s book. A wealthy Iraqi sheikh who urges a hard-line U.S. approach to Iran spent 26 nights at Trump’s D.C. hotel 2019-06-06T04:00:00Z It was, Rahman said, an effort “to convert Sufis into Wahhabis through this terrorism”. 'Black sheep': The mastermind of Sri Lanka's Easter Sunday bombs 2019-04-26T04:00:00Z I took long bus journeys through the desert to Kashgar, Yarkand and Kucha, slept on brick beds in family homes in remote villages, stopped off at Sufi shrines, and visited many, many mosques. Bulldozing mosques: the latest tactic in China’s war against Uighur culture | Rachel Harris 2019-04-07T04:00:00Z Those acquitted include Swami Aseemanand, a Hindu monk, charged in two other terrorist blast cases — one on a mosque and the other on a popular Sufi Muslim shrine. Indian court acquits 4 Hindu activists in train bombing that killed over 40 Pakistani nationals 2019-03-20T04:00:00Z It is named for Baba Budan, a Muslim Sufi saint who lived there in the 16th century and who is credited in legend with introducing coffee to India. Railing Against India’s Right-Wing Nationalism Was a Calling. It Was Also a Death Sentence. 2019-03-14T04:00:00Z His father, Sheikh Mohammad al-Kasnazan, is the Kurdish leader of a branch of the Sufi order, a form of Islamic mysticism. A wealthy Iraqi sheikh who urges a hard-line U.S. approach to Iran spent 26 nights at Trump’s D.C. hotel 2019-06-06T04:00:00Z The Sufis were alarmed and, Rahman said, passed on complaints to both local law enforcement and eventually national government offices. 'Black sheep': The mastermind of Sri Lanka's Easter Sunday bombs 2019-04-26T04:00:00Z For months, the government has not paid the all-female staff at Pakistan’s first and only Violence Against Women Centre, the founder Salman Sufi said. Women take to the streets of Pakistan to rewrite their place in society 2019-03-08T05:00:00Z The town was founded more than three decades ago by a group of black Muslims who follow the teachings of Pakistani Sufi cleric Mubarik Ali Shah Gilani. Four charged in bomb plot against Muslim community in New York 2019-01-22T05:00:00Z She also found inspiration in the Sufi writer Rumi, whom she described as a model of brevity and spiritually focused poetry. Mary Oliver, Pulitzer Prize-winning poet who found solace in nature, dies at 83 2019-01-17T05:00:00Z Kasnazan comes from a prominent Sufi Muslim family from the northern Iraqi city of Kirkuk. A wealthy Iraqi sheikh who urges a hard-line U.S. approach to Iran spent 26 nights at Trump’s D.C. hotel 2019-06-06T04:00:00Z Also, Zahran had found a popular target: the town’s Sufi population, who practice a form of Islam often described a mystical, but which to conservatives is heresy. 'Black sheep': The mastermind of Sri Lanka's Easter Sunday bombs 2019-04-26T04:00:00Z Many find salvation in Sufi shrines to heal the wounds of war - not just in Srinagar, but even in remote areas of the region. Finding God in the anguish of violence 2018-12-25T05:00:00Z Some Sufi lodges, however, began to allow women to join in the early 2000s. AP PHOTOS: Turkey’s whirling dervishes honor Sufi poet 2018-12-19T05:00:00Z Her mastery of English, Hindi, Sindhi, Persian and some Arabic enabled her to also translate both classical Sufi and Eastern European literature into Urdu. The Pakistan poet who dared talk of female desire 2018-11-27T05:00:00Z Two suicide bombers exploded in front of the preacher’s residence, which is also a Sufi shrine, and then four gunmen stormed the building and opened fire, said Ahmed Awale, a police officer in Galkayo. Somali extremists kill 18 for music in Islamic services 2018-11-26T05:00:00Z Announcements boomed from surrounding mosques at the time calling for a Sufi spiritual leader to be killed, said Sahlan Khalil Rahman, secretary of a trust that oversees a group of Sufi mosques. 'Black sheep': The mastermind of Sri Lanka's Easter Sunday bombs 2019-04-26T04:00:00Z "He is alive, isn't he," she asks the Sufi saint at the shrine. Finding God in the anguish of violence 2018-12-25T05:00:00Z One of the lead clerics in Tuesday’s gathering was a Sufi, a member of a Muslim religious order that Islamists regard as heretics. At least 50 dead as suicide bomber targets Islamic scholars in Kabul 2018-11-20T05:00:00Z Dozens of militants opened fire on a mosque in Sinai affiliated with the Sufi strain of Islam, which extremists view as heretical. ISIS Claims Credit for Attack That Kills Christians in Egypt 2018-11-02T04:00:00Z “The only way to stop the release of blasphemous cartoons is through jihad,” Mr. Rizvi said at a rally at Data Darbar, a Sufi Muslim shrine in Lahore. Geert Wilders’ Muhammad cartoon contest sparks Pakistani-Dutch diplomatic rift 2018-10-14T04:00:00Z He began holding rallies, bellowing insults through loudspeakers that reverberated inside the Sufis’ house of worship as they tried to pray. 'Black sheep': The mastermind of Sri Lanka's Easter Sunday bombs 2019-04-26T04:00:00Z But in recent years, taking up the Wahhabist refrain once again, especially since the war in Syria and Iraq, jihad has been increasingly directed against the Shiites, bad Muslim rulers, Sufis and so on. Inside the Saudi terror machine: Understanding Wahhabism and Salafism 2018-09-13T04:00:00Z Last year, an Islamic State suicide bomber attacked a revered Sufi shrine in southern Pakistan, killing at least 72 people. At least 50 dead as suicide bomber targets Islamic scholars in Kabul 2018-11-20T05:00:00Z “Our conclusion: Financial crises tend to radicalize electorates,” Mr. Sufi wrote. From Trump to Trade, the Financial Crisis Still Resonates 10 Years Later 2018-09-11T04:00:00Z He turned to Islam and the Sufi sect, which he said helped lend purpose to his life. The Rise, Fall and Rise Again of Imran Khan, Pakistan’s Next Leader 2018-07-26T04:00:00Z “The problem at the time was between followers of different Islamic sects - Zahran was not a major troublemaker, but he and followers of other sects, including the Sufis, were at loggerheads,” Wedagedara said. 'Black sheep': The mastermind of Sri Lanka's Easter Sunday bombs 2019-04-26T04:00:00Z Mohammed Salas was hanged on Monday after ramming police with a bus as they dispersed a Sufi rally in February, killing three police. Iran arrests lawyer for criticizing execution 2018-06-20T04:00:00Z The State Department called for Iran to release about 300 Sufis who were detained during February’s clashes and said Salas’ execution was “brutal and unjust.” Iran draws condemnation for execution of Sufi convicted of killing police 2018-06-18T04:00:00Z He immersed himself in topics as varied as Sufi mystic poetry and intricacies of Islamic law. Bernard Lewis, eminent historian of the Middle East, dies at 101 2018-05-19T04:00:00Z In the name of orthodoxy, extremists in Pakistan, the original “Islamic” state, have viciously hounded not only Christians and Hindus but also Shia Muslims, Ahmadis and allegedly unorthodox Sufis. Why South Asia’s majorities act like persecuted minorities 2018-04-12T04:00:00Z At a rally near a Sufi community, his followers came wielding swords. 'Black sheep': The mastermind of Sri Lanka's Easter Sunday bombs 2019-04-26T04:00:00Z The incident occurred in Tehran during February clashes between the Sufi leader's followers and police. World Digest: April 4, 2018 2018-04-04T04:00:00Z The Sufi protesters were demonstrating against the arrests of members of their sect. Iran draws condemnation for execution of Sufi convicted of killing police 2018-06-18T04:00:00Z Earlier in the day, Pakistan's army chief confirmed death sentences for 10 convicted militants, including the killer of a well-known Sufi singer . World Digest: April 2, 2018 2018-04-02T04:00:00Z The incident in Tehran took place during February clashes between the Sufi leader’s followers and police. Iran sentences Sufi to death over killing of 3 policemen 2018-03-19T04:00:00Z That fear stems from the January protests in Iran in which police detained Sufis. World Digest: Feb. 20, 2018 2018-02-20T05:00:00Z The semi-official Fars news agency first said a Sufi follower rammed a bus into a group of police, killing three of them before being arrested late Monday. In Iran, Sufi followers killed 2 paramilitaries, 3 policemen 2018-02-19T05:00:00Z Locals said the mosque was popular among Sufis. Egyptian army swoops on Sinai Islamists 2018-02-11T05:00:00Z Finally, authorities recently freed Sufi Mohammed, an imprisoned extremist cleric who led a violent takeover of Pakistan’s scenic Swat Valley in 2008, resulting in public beheadings, school bombings and other atrocities. Despite Trump’s punitive military aid cut, Pakistan and U.S. are still intertwined 2018-01-24T05:00:00Z The 93-year-old Sufi Mohammad went to Afghanistan with thousands of other armed volunteers to help the Taliban fight against Americans following the 2001 U.S.-led invasion. Freed on a court order, radical Pakistani cleric leaves jail 2018-01-15T05:00:00Z The semiofficial Fars News Agency said a Sufi follower rammed a bus into police officers, killing three of them before being arrested late Monday. World Digest: Feb. 20, 2018 2018-02-20T05:00:00Z More than 300 Sufi followers were arrested, including the drivers of both vehicles. In Iran, Sufi followers killed 2 paramilitaries, 3 policemen 2018-02-19T05:00:00Z Sufi Mohammad was set free on health grounds, the attorney said. World Digest: Jan. 9, 2018 2018-01-09T05:00:00Z The Turkish state later realized Rumi and his whirling disciples were potential draws for tourism and loosened the restrictions on Sufis, according to the Harvard Divinity School. Why Turkey’s president was among thousands in Konya paying homage to Rumi 2018-01-01T05:00:00Z It was hit during its busiest time, around 8 a.m., said Tawfeeq Al Sufi, a relative of one of the victims. Airstrikes in Yemen Kill 68 Civilians in a Single Day 2017-12-28T05:00:00Z Police arrested more than 300 Sufi followers, including the drivers of both vehicles, he said. World Digest: Feb. 20, 2018 2018-02-20T05:00:00Z It was also believed to be responsible for an attack on a Sufi mosque in North Sinai last month, killing 311 people in Egypt’s worst terrorist attack. Egypt Hangs 15 for Terrorism, Stoking Fears Among Islamists 2017-12-26T05:00:00Z In Egypt’s northern Sinai, more than 300 Sufi Muslim worshippers were killed by a group linked to Islamic State. Trump, Putin and Xi: a year of tough-guy leaders and foolish brinkmanship 2017-12-25T05:00:00Z It was one of the group's deadliest attacks against religious minorities in Pakistan this year, following a blast at a Sufi shrine in February that killed more than 70 people. 8 killed, dozens wounded as suicide bombers attack Pakistan church – LA Times 2017-12-17T05:00:00Z Mr. Sufi said that shrapnel struck his cousin in the abdomen. Airstrikes in Yemen Kill 68 Civilians in a Single Day 2017-12-28T05:00:00Z During an evening of auditions in Kabul last month, one nervous young man sang a melodic Sufi poem in Afghan Dari, accompanied by musicians playing the harmonium and drums. Afghanistan’s ‘American Idol’ is the voice of a new generation — and Muslim clerics aren’t happy about it 2017-11-30T05:00:00Z The campaign began in November last year with the beheading of a blind, elderly Sufi cleric from the nearby town of El Arish, who was accused of practicing witchcraft. Motives in Egypt’s Deadliest Terrorist Attack: Religion and Revenge 2017-12-01T05:00:00Z It is believed the mosque was targeted because Sufis worshipped there. Egypt to secure Sinai 'within three months' 2017-11-29T05:00:00Z A militant commander in Sinai publicly vowed to “eradicate” the al-Rawda mosque, which is affiliated with the Sufi Muslim strain. Opinion | Egypt answers terrorism with familiar incompetence 2017-11-28T05:00:00Z The commander said that Sufis deserve to be killed “if they don’t repent” and accused them of “collaborating with the oppressor.” How an Egyptian village became a target of the Islamic State 2017-11-27T05:00:00Z But despite these efforts, thousands more mosques containing Sufi sites such as tombs, or worshippers who visit mosques with known Sufi clerics, are now potential targets. Egypt's Sufis will stay indoors to mark birth of prophet Muhammad 2017-11-27T05:00:00Z They called some residents by phone and threatened to kill them if they did not abandon Sufi rituals like the building of shrines and the worship of saints, which they consider polytheistic. Motives in Egypt’s Deadliest Terrorist Attack: Religion and Revenge 2017-12-01T05:00:00Z Local operatives of the Islamic State group’s affiliate in Sinai consider Sufis to be heretics who should be killed. Egyptian village where mosque was attacked had been warned 2017-11-26T05:00:00Z Local operatives of the Islamic State affiliate in Sinai consider Sufis to be heretics who should be killed. Egyptian village where mosque was attacked had been warned 2017-11-26T05:00:00Z In an Islamic State magazine interview two months later, a senior militant commander in the Sinai identified Rawda, and the district where it’s located, as one of three Sufi areas the group hoped to “eradicate.” How an Egyptian village became a target of the Islamic State 2017-11-27T05:00:00Z Tombs of Sufi saints are found adjacent to thousands mosques across the country, with up to 100 prominent sites in Cairo alone. Egypt's Sufis will stay indoors to mark birth of prophet Muhammad 2017-11-27T05:00:00Z Attacks on three Sufi shrines in the district soon followed. Motives in Egypt’s Deadliest Terrorist Attack: Religion and Revenge 2017-12-01T05:00:00Z In March, Islamic State’s branch in the Sinai posted a video of its religious police forcing a group of Sufis to renounce their beliefs under threat of death. Islamic State raises stakes with Egypt mosque attack 2017-11-26T05:00:00Z Much will be made of the fact that this mosque was affiliated to a Sufi order. Mosque attack horror 'will work against extremists' 2017-11-26T05:00:00Z The targeted mosque is frequented by Sufi Muslims, whom IS considers heretic. Egypt reeling from attack on mosque in Sinai that killed 305 2017-11-25T05:00:00Z “We will only cancel the annual Sufi parade,” he said, “as we are mourning our martyrs.” Egypt's Sufis will stay indoors to mark birth of prophet Muhammad 2017-11-27T05:00:00Z To other analysts, the timing of the attack, which occurred during Friday prayers, and the choice of target, a Sufi mosque, reflected a new level of desperation and frustration among the Islamic State’s remaining adherents. With the loss of its caliphate, ISIS could turn even more reckless and radical 2017-11-24T05:00:00Z In March, Islamic State’s branch in the Sinai posted a video of its religious police forcing a group of Sufis to renounce their beliefs under threat of death. Islamic State raises stakes with Egypt mosque attack 2017-11-26T05:00:00Z To speak of a "Sufi minority" implies that this was a sectarian attack on a sect of some kind. Mosque attack horror 'will work against extremists' 2017-11-26T05:00:00Z The dead were believed to be mostly Sufi Muslims, a branch of Islam considered heretical by many extremists. As Egypt grieves after mosque massacre, security forces ramp up strikes on militants 2017-11-25T05:00:00Z Isis militants believe that Sufi worship at these tombs is a form of apostasy. Egypt's Sufis will stay indoors to mark birth of prophet Muhammad 2017-11-27T05:00:00Z Friday’s attack targeted a mosque frequented by Sufis, members of a mystic movement within Islam. Militants methodically murdered more than 300 at mosque in Egypt’s Sinai 2017-11-24T05:00:00Z It showed what it said were militants beheading two elderly Sufi men in the desert after they were found guilty of witchcraft and sorcery. Islamic State raises stakes with Egypt mosque attack 2017-11-26T05:00:00Z There is almost certainly a sectarian component, in that radical Islamists deem Sufis to be a "sect" - but that is not the standpoint of Sunni Islam. Mosque attack horror 'will work against extremists' 2017-11-26T05:00:00Z But hard-liners don’t see it this way, and instead see Sufis as “grave worshipers.” To the World, They Are Muslims. To ISIS, Sufis Are Heretics. 2017-11-25T05:00:00Z Sufis aren’t a sect of Muslims; rather, Sufism is an integral part of mainstream Sunni Islam. Egypt shows again that Muslims have most to fear from Islamists | HA Hellyer 2017-11-25T05:00:00Z Sufis also hold shrines containing the tombs of holy men in particular reverence. Militants methodically murdered more than 300 at mosque in Egypt’s Sinai 2017-11-24T05:00:00Z It showed what it said were militants beheading two elderly Sufi men in the desert after they were found guilty of witchcraft and sorcery. Islamic State raises stakes with Egypt mosque attack 2017-11-26T05:00:00Z It is entirely likely that the majority of those who frequented that mosque were not affiliated to any Sufi order in the first place. Mosque attack horror 'will work against extremists' 2017-11-26T05:00:00Z Rawda, the district where Friday’s attack occurred, was mentioned as an area where it planned to “eradicate” Sufi beliefs. To the World, They Are Muslims. To ISIS, Sufis Are Heretics. 2017-11-25T05:00:00Z That radicals deem Sufi orders, or those affiliated to them, as renegades is not in keeping with the heritage of Sunni Islam, whether in Egypt or elsewhere. Egypt shows again that Muslims have most to fear from Islamists | HA Hellyer 2017-11-25T05:00:00Z Millions of Egyptians belong to Sufi orders, which hold sessions of ritual chanting and dancing to draw the faithful closer to God. Militants methodically murdered more than 300 at mosque in Egypt’s Sinai 2017-11-24T05:00:00Z In a December 2016 issue of al-Nabaa, one of the group’s religious leaders left little doubt that Sufis would be targeted. Islamic State raises stakes with Egypt mosque attack 2017-11-26T05:00:00Z When some two dozen militants massacred at least 305 people in the Sinai Peninsula on Friday, they were targeting the Sufi community that worshiped in the area’s Rawda mosque. Who are Sufi Muslims and why are they the target of Muslim extremists? 2017-11-25T05:00:00Z In a nearby outdoor cafe, in the shadow of another mosque frequented by Sufis, Sayeda Zeinab, most patrons were adamant on Saturday that the attack was purely politically motivated. Sinai mosque death toll raised to 305 as reports claim gunmen carried Isis flags 2017-11-25T05:00:00Z Rawda, the district where Friday’s attack occurred, was mentioned as one of the areas where the group planned to “eradicate” Sufi beliefs. To the world, Sufis are Muslims; to ISIS, they’re heretics 2017-11-25T05:00:00Z Islamic militants, including the local IS affiliate, consider Sufis heretics because of their less literal interpretations of the faith. Militants methodically murdered more than 300 at mosque in Egypt’s Sinai 2017-11-24T05:00:00Z Five police and army sources said there was no recent specific threat against Sufis in Al Rawdah. Islamic State raises stakes with Egypt mosque attack 2017-11-26T05:00:00Z He also complained of the Sufis’ close relationship to the Egyptian state as well as area security and intelligence services. Who are Sufi Muslims and why are they the target of Muslim extremists? 2017-11-25T05:00:00Z The mosque targeted Friday is frequented by Sufi Muslims, followers of a mystical branch of Islam that is deemed to be heretical by Islamic State and other Sunni extremists. Egypt raises death toll in mosque attack to 305 2017-11-25T05:00:00Z But hard-liners don’t see it this way, and instead see Sufis as “grave worshippers.” To the world, Sufis are Muslims; to ISIS, they’re heretics 2017-11-25T05:00:00Z Though they shun politics and worldly matters, Sufis are constantly under attack by the ultraconservative Salafis who consider them heretics and condemn their “innovations” or rituals. Egypt’s Sufis now targeted by Islamist violence 2017-11-25T05:00:00Z In a December 2016 issue of al-Nabaa, one of the group’s religious leaders left little doubt that Sufis would be targeted. Islamic State raises stakes with Egypt mosque attack 2017-11-26T05:00:00Z “We say to all Sufis … we will not allow Sufi turuq in Sinai province specifically or Egypt generally,” said the unnamed police chief. Who are Sufi Muslims and why are they the target of Muslim extremists? 2017-11-25T05:00:00Z “I’m not even a Sufi. I was just there by accident.” Militants Kill 235 at Sufi Mosque in Egypt’s Deadliest Terrorist Attack 2017-11-24T05:00:00Z To members of the militant Islamic State group and some other Islamic sects, Sufis are not considered Muslims. To the world, Sufis are Muslims; to ISIS, they’re heretics 2017-11-25T05:00:00Z Mosques named after Sufi saints and masters are attended by all Muslims. Egypt’s Sufis now targeted by Islamist violence 2017-11-25T05:00:00Z Five police and army sources said there was no recent specific threat against Sufis in Al Rawdah. Islamic State raises stakes with Egypt mosque attack 2017-11-26T05:00:00Z There are no reliable figures on their numbers worldwide, but the grand majority of Sufis adhere to Sunni Islam. Who are Sufi Muslims and why are they the target of Muslim extremists? 2017-11-25T05:00:00Z The interview, in English, identifies Rawda, the district where Friday’s attack occurred, as one of three areas where Sufis live in Sinai that the group intended to “eradicate.” Militants Kill 235 at Sufi Mosque in Egypt’s Deadliest Terrorist Attack 2017-11-24T05:00:00Z Although Sufis are widely accepted across much of the Muslim world, some jihadist groups, including IS, see them as heretics. Egypt vows forceful response after attack 2017-11-24T05:00:00Z Shrines of Sufi saints are found across the country and celebrations of their saints’ birthdays are very popular, drawing millions of Egyptians. Egypt’s Sufis now targeted by Islamist violence 2017-11-25T05:00:00Z Friday's attack targeted a mosque frequented by Sufis, a mystical sect viewed as infidels by Islamic State and other Sunni Muslim extremists. More than 200 killed as Egypt militants attack mosque in Sinai – LA Times 2017-11-24T05:00:00Z But he succeeded in conquering hearts and lives on as a Sufi saint and mystical poet. Remembering the last Mughal emperor 2017-11-07T05:00:00Z Sufis may be Sunni or Shiite but most are Sunni. Militants Kill 235 at Sufi Mosque in Egypt’s Deadliest Terrorist Attack 2017-11-24T05:00:00Z “The result often is a severely fractured relationship between spouses or catastrophic aftereffects, like we witnessed in this case,” Mr. Sufi said. Pakistani Newlywed Accused of Poisoning Her Husband and 16 Others 2017-11-03T04:00:00Z Not a sect, there are Sufi Sunnis and Shiites. Egypt’s Sufis now targeted by Islamist violence 2017-11-25T05:00:00Z With a laugh, he added: “I have discovered there is little that cannot be overcome by enough Sufi patience, Irish irreverence and Canadian sanctimony.” Parents of freed US hostage furious with son-in-law for Afghanistan trip 2017-10-13T04:00:00Z In April, about 20 people died in a suicide attack at a Sufi shrine near the city of Sargodha, in Pakistan's Punjab province. Suicide attack on Pakistan shrine 2017-10-05T04:00:00Z Since 2016, when the militant group released a video describing Sufism as a “disease,” it has claimed attacks that have killed at least 130 worshipers at Sufi shrines, most of them in Pakistan. Militants Kill 235 at Sufi Mosque in Egypt’s Deadliest Terrorist Attack 2017-11-24T05:00:00Z Some cloak their traditions in the mystical rites of the Sufis. Egypt’s Shia come out of hiding 2017-09-28T04:00:00Z It is also extremely rare for a Sufi group to be linked with violence. A cleric arrived, the music stopped, a melee ensued: Why hard-liners stopped a Pakistani wedding 2017-09-25T04:00:00Z He toils on the site most days for at least a few hours, his earbuds piping a stream of Sufi chants. A Mystery Solved: Why the ‘Sisyphus Stones’ Rise and Tumble 2017-09-14T04:00:00Z Zoo officials spent the past few months slowly introducing Sufi to the other gorillas. Toledo Zoo adds new western lowland gorilla 2017-09-09T04:00:00Z The Islamic State, a Sunni movement, has long considered Sufis, along with Shiite Muslims, apostates, and has a history of attacking their mosques in other countries. Militants Kill 235 at Sufi Mosque in Egypt’s Deadliest Terrorist Attack 2017-11-24T05:00:00Z India’s Sufi poets always sang that the greatest journeys bring you home — and to yourself. Perspective | How it felt to be Pakistani in India during the triumph of Hindu nationalism 2017-08-24T04:00:00Z In Turkey, his legend merged with a Sufi mystic called Nasruddin, while the Ottomans exported him to the Balkans. Juha, the Middle East’s heroic everyman 2017-08-15T04:00:00Z The Berlin, Freiburg, London and other liberal mosques will be open to Muslims from all sections of Islam, such as Sunni, Shia, Alawi and Sufi. Muslim feminist plans to open liberal mosque in Britain 2017-07-26T04:00:00Z Zoo officials say Sufi will be easy to spot. Toledo Zoo adds new western lowland gorilla 2017-09-09T04:00:00Z Elsewhere, the Islamic State has made a spectacle of bulldozing Sufi shrines, describing their removal as a form of purifying the faith. Militants Kill 235 at Sufi Mosque in Egypt’s Deadliest Terrorist Attack 2017-11-24T05:00:00Z Incorporating Shiite, Sufi, Sunni and local traditions, Alevism is a strain of Islam that emerged in the medieval period. Turkey’s Alevis, a Muslim Minority, Fear a Policy of Denying Their Existence 2017-07-22T04:00:00Z “It is unverified, mostly hearsay,” said Salman Sufi, an aide to the Punjab chief minister. Pakistan’s Leader Orders Inquiry as Fuel Tanker Death Toll Reaches 157 2017-06-26T04:00:00Z In graduate school for journalism in Chicago, I researched a group of American Sufis offering whirling lessons on the North Side. Perspective | I finally went on the honeymoon I’d always dreamed of — alone 2017-06-14T04:00:00Z In her author bio, Ms. Dalmia describes herself as “a progressive libertarian and an agnostic with Buddhist longings and a Sufi soul.” Writers From the Right and Left React to the Sessions Hearing 2017-06-14T04:00:00Z It's a society that has always leaned towards political moderation, thanks largely to a tradition of tolerance espoused by its Sufi orders or "brotherhoods." In Senegal, Iran and Saudi Arabia vie for religious influence 2017-05-12T04:00:00Z ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — A custodian of a Sufi shrine in Pakistan’s Punjab province killed at least 20 people Saturday night, a district administration official said. Custodian of Sufi shrine in Pakistan is arrested in killings of at least 20 worshipers 2017-04-02T04:00:00Z “The practices at shrines include money donations, jewelry and gifts in return of a pat of blessing from the custodians,” Mr. Sufi said. 20 Are Hacked and Beaten to Death at Pakistan Shrine 2017-04-02T04:00:00Z And I watched the dervishes whirl while sitting next to Gehad, a young Egyptian woman who passionately studied the poetry of Rumi with a Sufi teacher. Perspective | I finally went on the honeymoon I’d always dreamed of — alone 2017-06-14T04:00:00Z Last November, an explosion ripped through another Sufi shrine, the Shah Noorani in southwestern Pakistan, killing at least 52 people. Twenty tortured, then murdered in Pakistan Sufi shrine: police 2017-04-02T04:00:00Z He liked the pure focus on the prophet's acts, and he was weary with what he saw as the lack of intellectual rigour in the Sufi faith he grew up with. In Senegal, Iran and Saudi Arabia vie for religious influence 2017-05-12T04:00:00Z Twenty people were killed and four others wounded at a Sufi shrine in Pakistan by men wielding batons and knives, police said. Twenty people killed in attack at Pakistan shrine 2017-04-02T04:00:00Z ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — The men and women arrived late on Saturday at a Sufi shrine in a village in central Pakistan. 20 Are Hacked and Beaten to Death at Pakistan Shrine 2017-04-02T04:00:00Z The shrine was run by a Sufi saint, Muhammad Ali Gujjar, who was not there on the day of the murders. Pakistan shrine: 20 murdered at Sufi shrine in Punjab - BBC News 2017-04-02T04:00:00Z Last month, more than 80 people were killed and dozens wounded in an attack on a crowded Sufi shrine in southern Pakistan that was claimed by Islamic State. Blast in northwest Pakistan kills at least 22, wounds dozens 2017-03-31T04:00:00Z A Foreign Ministry spokesman said Saturday that Asif Ali Nizami, the custodian of a famed Sufi shrine in New Delhi, and another cleric arrived at the Karachi airport on March 8. Indian Muslim clerics go missing in Pakistan 2017-03-18T04:00:00Z A recent attack on a Sufi shrine in the province of Sindh killed over 80 people. North Waziristan: What happened after militants lost the battle? - BBC News 2017-03-07T05:00:00Z The family settled in Canaan after following a Sufi cult to New York state. Three days with The Dice Man: ‘I never wrote for money or fame' 2017-03-04T05:00:00Z Thousands of worshipers were gathered at a prominent Sufi shrine in Sehwan, Pakistan, last month when a suicide bomb ripped through the courtyard, killing more than 80. A Suicide Bomber and the Sufi Soul 2017-03-02T05:00:00Z She fasted for Allah and bowed at the shrines of Sufi saints. Before “Lion,” the story behind an unlikely family reunion 2017-03-01T05:00:00Z The worst of the attacks was at a Sufi shrine in southern Sindh province that killed 90 people. Bomb kills at least eight in shopping district in Pakistan's Lahore 2017-02-23T05:00:00Z In just one bombing, which was claimed by IS and which targeted a revered Sufi shrine packed with Shiite worshippers, at least 90 people were killed. Pakistani official: Explosion kills 6 in city of Lahore 2017-02-22T05:00:00Z There were questions about whether Trump had confused Sweden with Sehwan in Pakistan, where more than 85 people were killed in a suicide bombing at the Sufi shrine on Thursday. 'Sweden, who would believe this?': Trump cites non-existent terror attack 2017-02-19T05:00:00Z The most deadly suicide attack, at a packed Sufi shrine in southeastern Sindh province, left at least 88 people dead and 250 injured. A wave of terrorist bombings tests Pakistani resolve 2017-02-18T05:00:00Z This time, she brought some rice to a Sufi mystic. Before “Lion,” the story behind an unlikely family reunion 2017-03-01T05:00:00Z And they are all united in considering Shia Muslims and Sunni adherents of native Sufi Islam as misguided and heretical. Pakistan's bloody week: Who is really to blame? - BBC News 2017-02-17T05:00:00Z It also views Sufi shrines as a form of idolatry. Pakistan reeling after ISIS bombing at Sufi shrine killed 88 2017-02-17T05:00:00Z An offshoot of the Middle East-based Islamic State said it was responsible for the bombing, the second major attack on a Sufi shrine in three months. Wailing, anger at Sufi shrine in Pakistan after bomber kills 77 2017-02-17T05:00:00Z Some 18 militants were killed in southern Sindh province, where the Sufi shrine is located, and another 13 in the north-west, officials said. Pakistan security crackdown after deadly IS attack on Sufi shrine - BBC News 2017-02-17T05:00:00Z She cried and prayed for their safe return at the holy crypt of the Sufi Muslim saint Tekri Wale Baba. Before “Lion,” the story behind an unlikely family reunion 2017-03-01T05:00:00Z And a suicide bomber attacked a Sufi spiritual dance celebration in southern Pakistan, killing at least 70. NATO, Donald Trump, Samsung: Your Friday Briefing 2017-02-17T05:00:00Z The Sehwan shrine, which reveres a Muslim Sufi mystic, is frequented by the faithful of many sects of Islam but the majority of the worshippers are usually Shiite Muslims. Pakistan reeling after ISIS bombing at Sufi shrine killed 88 2017-02-17T05:00:00Z The Sufi tradition was pivotal in the growth of Islam in modern-day Pakistan, and important Sufi shrines are scattered across the southern belt of the country in Sindh and Punjab provinces. Islamic State claims responsibility for blast that kills more than 70 at Sufi shrine in Pakistan 2017-02-16T05:00:00Z At least 50 of the wounded were critically hurt in the explosion at the Sufi shrine in a remote part of southern Pakistan, officials said. Pakistan Shrine Bombing Kills Scores in Worst Attack in Months 2017-02-16T05:00:00Z Every Thursday she walked an hour to a Sufi tomb to offer incense and rose petals in prayer for Saroo’s return. Before “Lion,” the story behind an unlikely family reunion 2017-03-01T05:00:00Z Sharif in his statement decried the attack on the Sufi religious minority and vowed to fight Islamist militants who target the government and anyone who does not adhere to their strict interpretation of Sunni Islam. At least 25 reported dead in suicide attack on Pakistani shrine 2017-02-16T05:00:00Z She practices Sufi whirling, a twirling style of dance associated with Persian dervishes that involves extended stretches of vigorous spinning in a meditative trance. New York’s Noises? It’s Music to Her 2016-12-01T05:00:00Z “The Sufi people predate Pakistan’s history and played an important part in the struggle for its formation,” Sharif said. Islamic State claims responsibility for blast that kills more than 70 at Sufi shrine in Pakistan 2017-02-16T05:00:00Z The Islamic State, which regards members of other Muslim groups as nonbelievers deserving death, also claimed responsibility for an attack on a Sufi shrine in southwestern Pakistan in November. Pakistan Shrine Bombing Kills Scores in Worst Attack in Months 2017-02-16T05:00:00Z The Magal is a holy day for the Mouride sect, which overwhelmingly practises a moderate Sufi version of Islam, emphasising the power of hard work. Magal in Touba: Senegalese trek to Muslim festival - BBC News 2016-11-21T05:00:00Z But it is also infused with traditional Sufi music. Kashmir 'freedom anthem' released to controversy - BBC News 2016-11-21T05:00:00Z IS claimed an attack on a Sufi shrine earlier this month that killed more than 50 people. IS claims deadly attack on Pakistani security forces 2016-11-20T05:00:00Z In November, Islamic State claimed responsibility for a bombing at a Sufi shrine in the restive southwestern state of Baluchistan, killing more than 50 people. Islamic State claims responsibility for blast that kills more than 70 at Sufi shrine in Pakistan 2017-02-16T05:00:00Z They also regard the relatively gentle, folksy version of Islam practised by many Sunnis in Pakistan, with its Sufi shrines and saints, as blasphemous. Lethal partners 2016-11-17T05:00:00Z Islamic State and other Sunni extremists like the Pakistani Taliban regard both Shiites and Sufis as heretics. Islamic State Says It Was Behind Deadly Blast at Sufi Shrine in Pakistan 2016-11-12T05:00:00Z Its latest atrocity was an attack Saturday on a Sufi shrine in southwestern Pakistan that killed at least 50 people and wounded 100 others. Islamic State group flourishes and recruits in Pakistan 2016-11-12T05:00:00Z At least 52 people were killed and more than 100 injured when a powerful explosion ripped through a Sufi shrine in Pakistan’s southwestern Baluchistan province on Saturday evening, officials said. More than 50 killed in Pakistan in bombing at Sufi shrine 2016-11-12T05:00:00Z The blast occurred as devotees gathered for a dhamal, a dancing ritual central to the mystical Sufi tradition of Islam, at a renowned shrine about 100 miles north of the southern city of Karachi. Islamic State claims responsibility for blast that kills more than 70 at Sufi shrine in Pakistan 2017-02-16T05:00:00Z Although women were allowed into the compound and other parts of the Haji Ali mosque, the 2012 ban barred them from entering the inner sanctum which housed the tomb of a Sufi saint. Haji Ali: Mumbai shrine tells court it will allow entry to women - BBC News 2016-10-24T04:00:00Z Local officials said Muslims from both the Shiite and Sunni sects visit the shrine, which is devoted to a Sufi saint. Islamic State Says It Was Behind Deadly Blast at Sufi Shrine in Pakistan 2016-11-12T05:00:00Z I got connected to these through my Sufi experience. Sufi Sect of Islam Draws ‘Spiritual Vagabonds’ in New York 2016-09-23T04:00:00Z And a fifth follow one of three Sufi schools of Islam, an esoteric and mystical branch derided as apostate by hardline Salafists. China’s other Muslims 2016-10-06T04:00:00Z “Vocally it kind of reminds me of the flamenco singing style from Andalusia and of Qawwali, the devotional style of the Sufis in Pakistan.” Mark Morris dancers, Silk Road Ensemble join in classic love story 2016-10-03T04:00:00Z Most Sufi shrines across the country, and globally, allow women into the sanctum, and until the ban, they were allowed to touch the tomb of the saint at Haji Ali, Ms Soman says. Haji Ali: Mumbai shrine tells court it will allow entry to women - BBC News 2016-10-24T04:00:00Z The Sufi tradition is a moderate, inclusive version of Islam, in which saints, devotional music and dance play a central role. Islamic State Says It Was Behind Deadly Blast at Sufi Shrine in Pakistan 2016-11-12T05:00:00Z The “Sufis” that you are describing on the Upper West Side are not “Sufis” they are reformed Muslims practicing religious appropriation. Sufi Sect of Islam Draws ‘Spiritual Vagabonds’ in New York 2016-09-23T04:00:00Z In these he didn’t just clarify issues of prayer and alms giving, he strongly condemned Sufi practices like singing, dancing, vegetarianism and seclusion. Removal of the heart: how Islam became a matter of state in Iran 2016-09-29T04:00:00Z "Their chains open automatically when they are cured. It's their vow to Sufi Baba that they must sleep on the mat and sit on the floor." Why Pakistan's poor seek mental health cure at shrine - BBC News 2016-09-29T04:00:00Z Most of the sites dated from Mali's 14th-century golden age as a trading hub and center of Sufi Islam, a branch of the religion seen as idolatrous by some hardline Muslim groups. ICC to rule on damage of Timbuktu shrines by Islamist rebel 2016-09-27T04:00:00Z In a prominent attack, suicide bombers killed dozens at the Data Darbar shrine in the eastern city of Lahore, one of the most sacred sites of Sufi Islam in Pakistan, in 2010. Islamic State Says It Was Behind Deadly Blast at Sufi Shrine in Pakistan 2016-11-12T05:00:00Z And paradoxically, Sufis are often shunned by conservative Islam — the sect is dismissed as a diluted version of the faith, prioritizing the esoteric over the orthodox. Sufi Sect of Islam Draws ‘Spiritual Vagabonds’ in New York 2016-09-23T04:00:00Z The Sufi orders, sometimes based on trades or guilds, were the main way religion was organised, and they encouraged self-discipline, spirituality and mysticism in varying degrees. Removal of the heart: how Islam became a matter of state in Iran 2016-09-29T04:00:00Z Dozens of desperate families scattered around the courtyard of Sufi saint Haji Sher Baba near the city of Burewala share the same belief. Why Pakistan's poor seek mental health cure at shrine - BBC News 2016-09-29T04:00:00Z Sufi shrines, symbols of a moderate strain of Islam whose mystical masters recited chants and poems, were also attacked. Peshawar’s last bookstore closes, a victim of iPhones and Islamist extremism 2016-09-23T04:00:00Z The attack targeted a shrine of the Sufi version of Islam, in the Khuzdar area, about 65 miles north of the port city of Karachi, in Baluchistan province. Islamic State Says It Was Behind Deadly Blast at Sufi Shrine in Pakistan 2016-11-12T05:00:00Z I am not a scholar of Islamic Studies, I am not a Sufi, but I am a practicing Muslim and the number of errors... Sufi Sect of Islam Draws ‘Spiritual Vagabonds’ in New York 2016-09-23T04:00:00Z Despite being part of the mystical, Sufi strain of Islam which many hardliners abhor, Samad is highly respected by the movement, he said. Ahmad Khan Rahami spent time at Pakistan seminary tied to Taliban 2016-09-23T04:00:00Z Mr. Kadyrov’s own father, the Sufi mufti of Chechnya at the time, formally proclaimed jihad against Russian forces in the 1990s and personally led a large unit of insurgent fighters. Excommunicating Saudis? A New Fracture Emerges in Islam 2016-09-22T04:00:00Z Reality is most Kashmiris are followers of local Sufi traditions of Islam, and like any oppressed people around the world demand the same rights that make human life dignified. An Epidemic of ‘Dead Eyes’ in Kashmir as India Uses Pellet Guns on Protesters 2016-08-28T04:00:00Z So were Sufi Muslims, considered heretics by the Islamic State. Inside the brutal but bizarrely bureaucratic world of the Islamic State in Libya 2016-08-22T04:00:00Z Actually you CAN separate Sufism from Islam, although most Islamic Sufis would I think deny it. Sufi Sect of Islam Draws ‘Spiritual Vagabonds’ in New York 2016-09-23T04:00:00Z —July 2: Suicide bombers attack Pakistan’s most revered Sufi shrine in the eastern city of Lahore, killing 47 people. Major militant attacks in Pakistan in past 6 years 2016-08-08T04:00:00Z Not surprisingly, the Grozny conference’s resolution defined Sunni Muslims as followers of the four traditional schools of jurisprudence and praised Sufi practices, implying that Wahhabis and Salafis fall outside the pale. Excommunicating Saudis? A New Fracture Emerges in Islam 2016-09-22T04:00:00Z Mr. Gulen, a mystic preacher of the Sufi branch of Islam who lives in a secluded compound in the Poconos, in Pennsylvania, has become a central point of tension between the United States and Turkey. Turkey Pursues Cleric Living in U.S., Blamed as Coup Mastermind 2016-07-19T04:00:00Z Sufi was a regional advance scout for the Warriors last season. Sidney Lowe gets his long-awaited chance to coach John Wall 2016-07-05T04:00:00Z The oldest and maybe still largest Sufi group in the US, known as the Sufi Order In The West, was founded by Hazrat Inayat Kahn who came here from what is now Pakistan in 1900. Sufi Sect of Islam Draws ‘Spiritual Vagabonds’ in New York 2016-09-23T04:00:00Z When Amjad Sabri, one of Pakistan’s best known performers of Sufi devotional music, was gunned down in Karachi, the country’s private news channels ran continuous coverage of his killing for 24 hours. Beloved Sufi performer gunned down in Pakistan is remembered as devoted, humble 2016-06-26T04:00:00Z Historic jihads against European colonialists were often launched by Sufi leaders and Sufi insurgent groups today include the Naqshbandi Army in Iraq. Excommunicating Saudis? A New Fracture Emerges in Islam 2016-09-22T04:00:00Z The songs Sabri performed are part of a Sufi tradition dating back to the 13th century. Amjad Sabri: Pakistani Sufi singer shot dead in Karachi 2016-06-23T04:00:00Z They imposed sharia law and began to destroy every symbol of moderate Sufi Islam that almost all residents of modern Timbuktu subscribe to. 'Badass Librarians' Foil al Qaeda, Save Ancient Manuscripts Real Sufis call the prophet Muhammad “habib Allah” which mean “God’s beloved”. Sufi Sect of Islam Draws ‘Spiritual Vagabonds’ in New York 2016-09-23T04:00:00Z In April a group of people even went to India's most popular Sufi shrine to pray for good rains. How monsoon rains lift India's spirit and economy - BBC News 2016-06-09T04:00:00Z Ali eventually converted to a more mainstream strain of Sunni Islam, and then Sufi Islam later in life. Muhammad Ali: America's first and last Muslim hero 2016-06-05T04:00:00Z The version of sacral truths promoted by Mr. Kadyrov is rooted in the relatively moderate Sufi Islamic tradition that was followed by his father, Ahmat, who was Chechnya’s mufti. Chechnya: Russia’s Islamic State? 2016-06-02T04:00:00Z Last week, a Sufi Muslim religious leader was found dead in a pool of blood in northern Bangladesh, having been hacked to death in a mango grove. An elderly Buddhist monk is the latest slaying victim in Bangladesh 2016-05-14T04:00:00Z Sufis call this practice zikr and see it as a way of connecting with God and elevating themselves through communal meditation. Sufi Sect of Islam Draws ‘Spiritual Vagabonds’ in New York 2016-09-23T04:00:00Z For ordinary Sufis, conversions to Shiism are relatively easy because the Sufi tradition venerates the family of Prophet Muhammad, explained Sheikh Abdadayim Abdoulaye Ousman, a Sufi cleric who oversees Chad’s Supreme Council of Islamic Affairs. With Iran-Backed Conversions, Shiites Gain Ground in Africa 2016-05-12T04:00:00Z Among more than 20 people killed by Islamic militant groups are members of religious minorities, although this is believed to be the first attack on a Sufi Muslim. Bangladesh: Sufi Muslim murdered by suspected extremists - BBC News 2016-05-07T04:00:00Z And a religious instructor in the Sufi strand of Islam - also known as a pir - was slaughtered at his home in Dhaka. Who is behind the Bangladesh killings? - BBC News 2016-04-26T04:00:00Z Arsani writes the lyrics for the group-written songs, taking inspiration from the rhythmic music of the Sufis, Islamic mystics whose ranks include “whirling dervishes.” Time Is Fire’s ‘music from a country that doesn’t exist’ 2016-04-07T04:00:00Z “You can be a Shia or a Sunni or any type of Muslim and still be a Sufi,” said James W. Morris, professor of Islamic thought and history at Boston College. Sufi Sect of Islam Draws ‘Spiritual Vagabonds’ in New York 2016-09-23T04:00:00Z Background: He was born to a Jewish father and Christian mother, and became a Sufi Muslim after being introduced to the faith by a man he met at 22. Meet Three Muslims Voting for Donald Trump 2016-03-15T04:00:00Z Until its destruction last year, Mar Elian's sarcophagus was draped in green satin, a traditional mark of homage to a Sufi holy man. Museum of Lost Objects: Mar Elian Monastery - BBC News 2016-03-06T05:00:00Z With their puritanical outlook and belief in going back to the basics of early Islam, Deobandis are deeply critical of Barelvi enthusiasm for such traditions as worshipping at the shrines of local Sufi saints. A game of dare 2016-03-03T05:00:00Z Mr. Sufi and his collaborators argue the Fed is sharing the wrong information. Fed’s Transparency May Give Investors False Confidence, Economists Say 2016-02-26T05:00:00Z There is at least one Sufi order that is NOT Islamic, although I don't know much more than that. Sufi Sect of Islam Draws ‘Spiritual Vagabonds’ in New York 2016-09-23T04:00:00Z Many Muslims in the region are Sufis, who wear colourful clothes, practise a mystical kind of Islam, and tend to see the full-face veil as drab and unAfrican. Banning the burqa 2016-02-11T05:00:00Z That followed shootings of Italian and Japanese nationals, bombings of Shiite Muslim worshipers, stabbings at a Sufi shrine and other attacks claimed by the Iraq- and Syria-based militant organization. Bangladesh reeling after second wave of attacks possibly tied to Islamic State 2016-01-26T05:00:00Z There are other Sufi sects in Islam but Tijaniya is the largest. Nigeria court in Kano sentences cleric to death for blasphemy - BBC News 2016-01-06T05:00:00Z “The meetings themselves are generating big movements in interest rates,” Mr. Sufi said. Fed’s Transparency May Give Investors False Confidence, Economists Say 2016-02-26T05:00:00Z Sufis view faith as a spiritual engagement between the believer and the creator; no internediaries needed. Sufi Sect of Islam Draws ‘Spiritual Vagabonds’ in New York 2016-09-23T04:00:00Z The Sufi tradition barely gets a nod, perhaps because its emphasis on music and mysticism contravene the narrow lane this book travels. Sam Harris’ detestable crusade: How his latest anti-Islam tract reveals the bankruptcy of his ideas 2015-12-27T05:00:00Z Located in Multan, a bustling city renowned for its Sufi shrines, the private institution bills itself as "a progressive university." San Bernardino shooter was a Pakistani who became known as a 'Saudi girl' 2015-12-17T05:00:00Z Sair Sufi, who was hosting the watch party for a dozen fellow Muslims at her home in an affluent Northern Virginia suburb of Washington, said that Mr. Trump was a “hypocrite.” Donald Trump, Republican candidates stoking bigotry, violence, Muslim voters say 2015-12-15T05:00:00Z Most Muslims in Senegal belong to one of the Sufi brotherhoods, which practice a mystic form of Islam that centers on a culture of work and nonviolence. Senegal, a Peaceful Islamic Democracy, Is Jarred by Fears of Militancy 2015-12-12T05:00:00Z It was ancient Sufi shrines which were destroyed by extremists in Timbuktu. Sufi Sect of Islam Draws ‘Spiritual Vagabonds’ in New York 2016-09-23T04:00:00Z Qawwali music is the words of Sufi saints set to music. New stars emerge in Qawwali music dynasty in Pakistan - BBC News 2015-11-01T04:00:00Z The classical Islamic philosophers, the early jurists and the Sufi poets all tried to interpret the Koran so that it would be compatible with life in the real world. A Point of View: Why we should defend the right to be offensive - BBC News 2015-10-24T04:00:00Z Mr Khan was a religious instructor in the Sufi strand of Islam - also known as a pir. Who is behind the Bangladesh killings? - BBC News 2015-10-13T04:00:00Z These and other items are said to have been used by dervishes, members of Sufi religious orders, in Turkey and elsewhere. Looking beyond the ecstatic whirling; viewing African artists via their books 2015-10-01T04:00:00Z While few reliable estimates exist of the number of Sufis in America, Islam over all is rapidly growing. Sufi Sect of Islam Draws ‘Spiritual Vagabonds’ in New York 2016-09-23T04:00:00Z The drug was introduced to the valley about 120 years ago when a Sufi tourist from the eastern part of India, then a British colony, stumbled into the valley, tribesmen say. In the land of towering pot plants, Pakistani farmers brace for a buzz-kill 2015-09-22T04:00:00Z Elsewhere, it is also no surprise to see IS destroying Shia and Sufi sites, and even Sunni shrines. Why IS militants destroy ancient sites - BBC News 2015-09-01T04:00:00Z Most southern Malians are Tijani Muslims, a moderate sect of Sufi Islam. Crowds flock to Mali's 'religious wall sign' - BBC News 2015-07-31T04:00:00Z In one cable, the kingdom’s embassy in the Egyptian capital, Cairo, warns that the change of a green-coloured shroud for a black one to cover a Sufi saint’s tomb reflects a creeping Shia tide. Proxies and paranoia 2015-07-23T04:00:00Z “Despite bad press,” she said, “people are still becoming Muslim and Sufi.” Sufi Sect of Islam Draws ‘Spiritual Vagabonds’ in New York 2016-09-23T04:00:00Z According to Danti, the shrine of Mohammed Bin Ali was destroyed last month, while the Sufi tomb was destroyed more recently. ISIS Destruction of Ancient Sites Hits Mostly Muslim Targets 2015-07-02T04:00:00Z Later, the 13th century Islamic scholar and Sufi mystic Jalaleddin Rumi used musical instruments and complex body movements for a similar purpose, and formed the original Mawlawiyah fraternity of Sufi Muslim mystics. AP PHOTOS: Cairo's dervishes spin for their supper 2015-06-29T04:00:00Z Sufis were especially numerous in Punjab and Bengal—the same regions that, centuries later, saw the worst of the violence—and there were mass conversions among the peasants there. The Mutual Genocide of Indian Partition 2015-06-22T04:00:00Z Senegal's Mouride brotherhood is a branch of Sufi Islam that was founded in the 19th Century, and incorporates many traditional practices. In pictures: Senegal's Mouride Islamic sect - BBC News 2015-06-01T04:00:00Z But having a Sufi name makes him part of a spiritual community. Sufi Sect of Islam Draws ‘Spiritual Vagabonds’ in New York 2016-09-23T04:00:00Z They support Sharia law, reject religious innovation, consider venerated tombs and shrines as symbols of idolatry, and view Sufis and Shiites as heretics. ISIS Destruction of Ancient Sites Hits Mostly Muslim Targets 2015-07-02T04:00:00Z The art form draws its roots from the ecstatic movements of Sufi Muslim mystics seeking a state of delirious oneness with God. AP PHOTOS: Cairo's dervishes spin for their supper 2015-06-29T04:00:00Z The Sufi mystics associated with the spread of Islam often regarded the Hindu scriptures as divinely inspired. The Mutual Genocide of Indian Partition 2015-06-22T04:00:00Z “Every day I was going to the court to get access to my client’s file, but I was not allowed access,” said a lawyer, Mohammad Aziz Sufi Zada, who represented a police officer. Afghanistan’s justice system is moving faster — maybe too fast 2015-05-28T04:00:00Z “I was always interested in Sufi culture: music, dance, art and the works of the Persian poets Rumi and Hafez,” Ms. Gentile said. Sufi Sect of Islam Draws ‘Spiritual Vagabonds’ in New York 2016-09-23T04:00:00Z Extremists in Libya bombed this Sufi shrine on the outskirts of Tripoli in March 2013. ISIS Destruction of Ancient Sites Hits Mostly Muslim Targets 2015-07-02T04:00:00Z First, I begin by quoting the greatest Sufi Shaikh of all time, Yoda, who said: “Do or Do Not. There Is No Try.” Bill Maher, listen up: 30 do’s and don’ts for covering Muslims and Islam 2015-04-17T04:00:00Z Hindus would visit the graves of Sufi masters and Muslims would leave offerings at Hindu shrines. The Mutual Genocide of Indian Partition 2015-06-22T04:00:00Z The organisers say it brought together every group within Islam, from Deobandi, Sufi, Sunni, Shia and cultural groups, and included Somalis, Arabs, Pakistanis and converts to Islam from many nations. Digital magazine Haqiqah launched to fight radicalisation 2015-03-27T04:00:00Z “Sufis nowadays are under attack and called heretics,” she said. Sufi Sect of Islam Draws ‘Spiritual Vagabonds’ in New York 2016-09-23T04:00:00Z Following the attack, Bahaduri's father and older brother Shah Agha Jan, also a senior Sufi leader, were buried in fresh graves in the center of the mosque's concrete courtyard. Killing of 11 Sufis at Afghan mosque mystifies authorities 2015-03-12T04:00:00Z Afghan police are investigating the murder of 11 Sufi men in Kabul at the weekend. Concern over Afghan Sufi attack 2015-03-11T04:00:00Z When Afghanistan was ruled by the Taliban government in the late 1990s, many Sufis were driven underground or prosecuted. Afghanistan's ancient Sufi order shocked by deadly attack 2015-03-08T05:00:00Z Its fighters have destroyed Shi'ite and Sufi religious sites and attacked churches and other shrines in the parts of Syria and Iraq under their control. ISIS Smashes Thousands of Years of History at Museum 2015-02-26T05:00:00Z Actually you CAN separate Sufism from Islam, although most Islamic Sufis would I think deny it. Sufi Sect of Islam Draws ‘Spiritual Vagabonds’ in New York 2016-09-23T04:00:00Z In Afghanistan, Sufis are among the tiny communities of religious minorities that also include Ismaelis, Hindus, Sikhs and a Jew. Killing of 11 Sufis at Afghan mosque mystifies authorities 2015-03-12T04:00:00Z The new paper by Mr. Mian and Mr. Sufi is a rebuttal. How Mortgage Fraud Made the Financial Crisis Worse 2015-02-12T05:00:00Z The Sufi Muslim meetinghouse in Kabul that the 46-year-old science teacher attended for more than a decade was attacked by gunmen. Afghanistan's ancient Sufi order shocked by deadly attack 2015-03-08T05:00:00Z Some 15 million of Egypt’s 90 million people are followers of the mystical Sufi philosophy of Islam. Exploring the Mawlids of Egypt 2015-01-21T05:00:00Z Five years after his “coming out as a Sufi,” he said, his parents are supportive, and his father has even taken a Sufi course on Jesus, who appears as a prophet in the Quran. Sufi Sect of Islam Draws ‘Spiritual Vagabonds’ in New York 2016-09-23T04:00:00Z In their book “House of Debt”, economists Atif Mian and Amir Sufi show that those parts of America which were worst hit by the crisis were those where the equity stakes of homeowners were lowest. Falling off the supercycle 2015-01-08T05:00:00Z Mr. Mian and Mr. Sufi argue that large numbers of early subprime defaults helped to catalyze the crisis, a case they made at length in their influential 2014 book, “House of Debt.” How Mortgage Fraud Made the Financial Crisis Worse 2015-02-12T05:00:00Z Reinforcing this problematic view, Brown presents Shiite Muslims, rationalist Mu’tazila theologians and antinomian Sufis chiefly as disruptive outsiders against whom Sunni jurists must struggle to preserve Islam’s integrity. Book review: ‘The Lives of Muhammad,’ by Kecia Ali and ‘Misquoting Muhammad,’ by Jonathan A.C. Brown. 2014-12-12T05:00:00Z For more than a year, he documented the celebrations, or Mawlids, of saints and other holy figures of the Sufis around the country, marking his longest personal project to date. Exploring the Mawlids of Egypt 2015-01-21T05:00:00Z Sufis cluster into tarikas, or spiritual orders, that are headed by a grand sheikh who may live in Cairo, but are led day to day by a local sheikh who could live in Queens. Sufi Sect of Islam Draws ‘Spiritual Vagabonds’ in New York 2016-09-23T04:00:00Z She listed Syria’s Aleppo and Iraq’s Sufi Sheiks tombs as particular concerns. UNESCO wants ban on Iraq, Syria art trafficking 2014-12-03T05:00:00Z Some Sufi Muslims specialize in qawwali, a kind of devotional music that has gained mainstream acceptance. Latest News: Congress Returns, Hong Kong Flares Up, Climate Talks Start 2014-12-01T05:00:00Z That was Sufi music, "the music of our grandparents", one man told me. The music that reveals a rift in Tunisia 2014-11-29T05:00:00Z When the great Ottoman traveller Evliya Celebi arrived in the 17th Century, he counted at least 70 different Sufi lodges within the walls. Jerusalem's 800-year-old Indian hospice 2014-11-22T05:00:00Z Studied with a Sufi master in Philadelphia in 1980, and it has nothing to do with ANY traditional religions. Sufi Sect of Islam Draws ‘Spiritual Vagabonds’ in New York 2016-09-23T04:00:00Z The Islamic police spent their days closing down Timbuktu’s tourist bars and nightclubs, forbidding women from leaving their homes, children from playing and smashing Timbuktu’s centuries-old Sufi tombs. Blood Lines: How Europe's Cocaine Habit Funds Beheadings His catchy songs fuse the rhythms of Central Asia with the stylings of global pop—a sort of Sufi poetry-meets-Justin-Bieber vibe. The Politics of Pop in China's Xinjiang Region 2014-10-24T04:00:00Z If you've ever heard Sufi music you might think of it as a poignant, searing, soulful sound - the stuff of introspection and reflection. The music that reveals a rift in Tunisia 2014-11-29T05:00:00Z |
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