Category Archives: Books, Music, Movies, Art, Etc.

Book City to review Dilaver Gurer’s “Abd al-Qadir Jilani”

Posted on December 27, 2020 by Imam Salim Chishti

TEHRAN – The Book City Institute plans to review Turkish writer Dilaver Gurer’s book “Abd al-Qadir Jilani” during its weekly session on Tuesday. Source: Book City to review Dilaver Gurer’s “Abd al-Qadir Jilani”   Translated by Davud Vafai into Persian, … Continue reading →

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Excellent Source for Abdul Qadir Jilani Books

Posted on November 30, 2020 by Imam Salim Chishti

On this occasion of the Urs anniversary of the beloved Sheikh Abdul Qadir Jilani I though to introduce to you a publisher of English translations of his works. Please feel free to browse around the books you find here. If … Continue reading →

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Transcendence: A Sufi Music Festival

Posted on September 12, 2020 by Imam Salim Chishti

Join us for a virtual Sufi music festival featuring world-renowned performers from Morocco, France, Iran, and India. Through dance, recitation, poetry, and prayer, Sufis have long engaged within the spiritual practices of sama (“listening”) and dhikr (“remembrance”) to gain transcendence … Continue reading →

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The Uighurs and China’s Long History of Trouble with Islam

Posted on June 11, 2020 by Imam Salim Chishti

Islam was of little concern to China’s rulers when the religion arrived in the seventh century. Then problems began to arise. In late 2018, I spent several days at the Forbidden City, the gargantuan palace in the middle of Beijing … Continue reading →

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Sufism in Pak in contested space

Posted on March 10, 2020 by Imam Salim Chishti

Ranjit Powar Nadeem Farooq Paracha might have well picked another name for his tongue-in-cheek narrative, Soul Rivals: State, Militant and Pop Sufism in Pakistan. The Church and the State have always Source: Sufism in Pak in contested space

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