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YouTube – Stairway to Heaven – an excerpt

Posted on April 9, 2011 by Imam Salim Chishti

A remarkable story about the rebirth of Islamic art and culture coming out of a great tragedy. YouTube – Stairway to Heaven – an excerpt. In 1969, the Al-Aqsa mosque in Jerusalem was attacked by a fanatic, and in the … Continue reading →

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Sufi music: The song of the soul – Economic Times

Posted on April 2, 2011 by Imam Salim Chishti

Sufi music: The song of the soul By Dr Suvarnalata Rao via Sufi music: The song of the soul – Economic Times. [A very nice discussion on the place of music, and especially Indian Qawwali music in Sufism. – Imam … Continue reading →

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Omid Safi: Is Islamic Mysticism Really Islam?

Posted on March 30, 2011 by Imam Salim Chishti

This is a wonderfully clear and concise article on the subject. Omid has captured the essential points in this ongoing debate and presents them here in a way that is easy to understand. Perhaps not the last word on the … Continue reading →

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Among the Sufi poets

Posted on March 27, 2011 by Imam Salim Chishti

Among the Sufi poets by Veenu Sandhu / New Delhi March 26, 2011, 0:19 IST Anita Singhvi has been invited to sing at the Urs of Nizamuddin Auliya. She tells Veenu Sandhu about her life in music. The air is … Continue reading →

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BBC News – Sufism returns to Afghanistan after years of repression

Posted on February 24, 2011 by Imam Salim Chishti

Several years ago I was given a copy of a movie called “Sofie du Afghanistan.” It was a film, made in the 1950’s by a French director documenting Sufi groups and some practices in this now war torn country. The … Continue reading →

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