‘Risalo’: Sufi poetry is luminous in Sindhi poet Shah Abdul Latif’s works

Christopher Shackle’s translations bring a monumental body of work out of Sindhi, where readers are dwindling, for the world to read.

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The Sindhi diaspora, whether in India or around the world, has a warm spot for the name Shah Abdul Latif, an 18th-century Sufi poet from Sindh, Pakistan, and a contemporary of the better known Punjabi Sufi poet Bulle Shah. Continue reading

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The World’s Next Religious Freedom Success Story: Uzbekistan | Christianity Today

Officials make their case in DC during the State Department’s religious freedom ministerial. Continue reading

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Omid Safi’s ‘Radical Love’ recenters Sufi poetry within Islam – Religion News Service

(RNS) — Omid Safi’s new book ‘Radical Love’ offers a reminder to Muslims and non-Muslims alike: You can’t divorce Rumi’s mystical poetry from Islam. Continue reading

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When Prophets Come Alive

JULY 16, 2018 BY DALIAH MERZABAN

From Muhammad and Rumi, to Jesus and the Virgin Mary, humanity’s prophets and saints are accessible to everyone Continue reading

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Mystic Mantra: The earliest Sufi woman

When Gabriel (the angel of revelation) brought down the first revelation to the Prophet, he began trembling with great fright and worries. Continue reading

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