Women pray by the tomb of Moulay Idriss I, the founder of Morocco’s former ruling Idrisid dynasty.
[Note from Imam Salim: I have been here several years ago. Beautiful village and shrine, inhabited by beings seen and unseen. Spiritually uplifting.]
Idris a descendant of Prophet Mohammad founded Morocco s first Islamic dynasty in the late eighth century Continue reading
Source: India’s first Sufi research centre to start in Patna | TwoCircles.net
By Nikhat Fatima, TwoCircles.net
[Note from Imam Salim: This looks very interesting to me, would love to learn more and possibly visit at some point.]
Patna: A National Research and Teaching Centre for Sufism and comparative religion is soon going to start in Mitan Ghat, Patna, capital city of Bihar state. Continue reading
Christopher Shackle’s translations bring a monumental body of work out of Sindhi, where readers are dwindling, for the world to read.
Source: ‘Risalo’: Sufi poetry is luminous in Sindhi poet Shah Abdul Latif’s works
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
Officials make their case in DC during the State Department’s religious freedom ministerial. Continue reading
(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
