Author Archives: Imam Salim Chishti

Finding The Lost Meaning Of Sufism | Feature | Kashmir Observer

Posted on October 7, 2018 by Imam Salim Chishti

Song of the Dervish: Nizamuddin Auliya: The Saint of Hope and Tolerance The chief nightingales in the rose garden of India were Sufi Saints, Muslim holy men who linked themselves to an Islamic worldview with its own cosmology, its trajectory … Continue reading →

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Rumi birth anniversary: Why the Sufi mystic-poet remains timeless | Free Press Journal

Posted on September 30, 2018 by Imam Salim Chishti

On the occasion of the Sufi mystic-poet’s, Jalaluddin Rumi, birth anniversary on September 30, here we revisits the reasons Rumi remains timeless

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Nyogen Senzaki on Sufism and Zen | James Ford

Posted on September 23, 2018 by Imam Salim Chishti

An interesting re-print of a re-print of Senzaki’s account of his meeting with Pir-o-Murshid Inayat Khan. Post by John Ford from 2007. With credit due to Sufi Ruhaniat. Source: Nyogen Senzaki on Sufism and Zen | James Ford

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Posted on September 9, 2018 by Imam Salim Chishti

Recommended Book Embattled Saints: My Year with the Sufis of Afghanistan Paperback – April 29, 2014 by Kenneth P Lizzio  (Author) Winner of the 2015 Benjamin Franklin Silver Award! In the West, Islam has replaced Communism as the new bugbear, while Sufism, Islam’s mystical … Continue reading →

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Fighting Hate and Extremism: The Living Quran

Posted on September 8, 2018 by Imam Salim Chishti

William Crona 23/11/2017 16:06 GMT | Updated 23/11/2017 16:06 GMT Source: Fighting Hate and Extremism: The Living Quran The true test of an intelligent person is a humble awareness of the limits of their knowledge. So said a rather clever man some millenia … Continue reading →

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