(UNDATED) Mohammad Nooraee knew exactly what he needed when Brandeis University students asked him to distill the essence of Sufism, an Islamic mystical tradition, one recent Sunday afternoon. Nooraee ...

Time for Serenity' commemoration opens with UNESCO-recognized Sema ritual, drawing visitors from Türkiye, US, Japan, and ...

Are you tired of getting your view of the Muslim faith filtered through the twisted lens of Osama bin Laden and the Taliban? Of course you are. So let's turn to Jalal al-Din Rumi, that extraordinary ...

Centuries after his death, the Sufi poet Rumi is still a phenomenon. Translations of his work routinely top bestseller lists—and have for decades. On sites like Pinterest, his verses are posted, ...

Girish has captivated audiences with his soul-stirring performances that delve into the realm of Sufi music. His experiences as an artist has brought him closer to the Supreme Being and elevated his ...

How did a 13th-century Sufi mystic from Central Asia become the most widely-read poet in the United States? This program mixes knowledgeable, in-depth conversations with evocative film segments to ...

The Sufi mysticRumi (1207-73) has been called “the best-selling poet in the U.S.” Whether or not this is the case—the claim would appall Rumi; my money’s on Homer, regardless—Rumi’s appeal, with help ...

Dervishes pray during a "Seb-i Arus" ceremony at Abdi Ipekci Arena in Istanbul, Turkey, late Saturday, Dec. 15, 2007, to mark the 734th anniversary of the death of Sufi mystic poet Rumi or Mevlana.

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Ibrahim Gamard is a California-based sheikh of the Sufi Mevlevi order and has spent his life translating the poetry of the 13th-century Sufi mystic, Rumi. Murtazali Dugrichilov of RFE/RL's North ...