Give up the intellect for love and see in one brief moment all eternity,” said Persian Sufi master Hazrat Farid al-Din Attar (1145-1221) in his seminal work Manṭeq al-ṭayr (The Conference of the Birds ...

Jalaluddin Rumi, a 13th-century Persian poet and Sufi mystic, continues to inspire hearts worldwide with his profound ...

When watching a Sufi whirling dervish spin, it may appear as though they are following something unseen, led by an invisible ...

In a garden in Kabul’s Karte-Seh district, a group of Sufi musicians and poets gather for an evening of mystical melodies. Platters of rice pilau and fruit cover carpets spread across the lawn. This ...

KONYA, Turkey — Each year, thousands of people travel to the Turkish city of Konya to attend a weeklong series of events and ceremonies that mark the death of the 13th-century Islamic poet, scholar ...

(RNS) David Franzoni, whose script helped clinch the best-picture Academy Award for 'Gladiator' in 2001, is embarking on a new project charting the life of the beloved poet, scholar and Sufi mystic ...

Never underestimate the power of a photograph. That includes photographs made for no aesthetic purpose, conventional or otherwise. Sometimes an ordinary snapshot that, under different conditions, ...

LOS ANGELES (RNS) The rhythmic chanting of 15 “beloveds,” as they call themselves, ripples across a prayer room in a family home in the San Fernando Valley. They stand in a circle with their hands ...

Md Abu SUFIAN JEWEL/AFP/AFP Sufi singer Jamal has spent decades devoted to his craft but now fears for his future as hardline Islamists gain ground in post-revolution Bangladesh. Conservative Muslim ...

His CIA code name is Condor. In the next seventy-two hours almost everyone he trusts will try to kill him.

KONYA, Turkey — Each year, thousands of people travel to the Turkish city of Konya to attend a weeklong series of events and ceremonies that mark the death of the 13th-century Islamic poet, scholar ...

KONYA, Turkey -- Each year, thousands of people travel to the Turkish city of Konya to attend a weeklong series of events and ceremonies that mark the death of the 13th-century Islamic poet, scholar ...