Sufism on the brink of extinction in Kashmir. Sufism is deeply ingrained in the culture of Kashmir, yet very few people practice it. Sufis believe in oneness with God and the purity of souls, which is ...
JAFFA, Israel -- In a family's living room in this seaside town, seven people spin in circles to the beat of a drum and the strumming of a guitar. As the music gets faster, so does their turning, with ...
From the 9th century onwards, Sufism has encapsulated Islamic spirituality. This is the loving heart of Islam, still alive, thriving and widely influential today. It is not the Islam of ...
The Journal of Speculative Philosophy, Vol. 33, No. 1, SPECIAL ISSUE: THE RELIGIOUS STRUCTURE OF PHENOMENA (2019), pp. 22-40 (19 pages) https://doi.org/10.5325 ...
Commonly associated with the poetry of Rumi and frequently equated with whirling dervishes, Sufism has often been viewed as a development quite apart from mainstream Islam. Although partially eclipsed ...
When watching a Sufi whirling dervish spin, it may appear as though they are following something unseen, led by an invisible ...
Director Gabo Arora has spent the past few years promoting virtual reality as the ideal medium for evoking empathy. He spearheaded the UN's VR app, which featured two of his films, Clouds Over Sidra ...
When Hasan Mavric bit into a date to break his first Ramadan fast on Friday, the taste sparked a series of rituals he had never performed during the ninth and holiest month on the Islamic calendar.
Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The Christian Science Church, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The Church publishes the Monitor ...
JAFFA, Israel -- In a family's living room in this seaside town, seven people spin in circles to the beat of a drum and the strumming of a guitar. As the music gets faster, so does their turning, with ...