Jalal al-Din Muḥammad Rumi, aka Rumi, a legendary poet and spiritual thinker, taught that the universe resides within. His ...

(UNDATED) Mohammad Nooraee knew exactly what he needed when Brandeis University students asked him to distill the essence of Sufism, an Islamic mystical tradition, one recent Sunday afternoon. Nooraee ...

What does it mean to love? Is to be loved really to be known? Jalal al-Din Muhammad Rumi (1207-1273 CE), an eminent poet and ...

The South Asian art form known as Sufi music has a centuries old tradition built on poetry and mysticism coupled with specific instruments, meters and repetition. Brooklyn-based Pakistani musician ...

KONYA, Turkey — Each year, thousands of people travel to the Turkish city of Konya to attend a weeklong series of events and ceremonies that mark the death of the 13th-century Islamic poet, scholar ...

Girish has captivated audiences with his soul-stirring performances that delve into the realm of Sufi music. His experiences as an artist has brought him closer to the Supreme Being and elevated his ...

Are you tired of getting your view of the Muslim faith filtered through the twisted lens of Osama bin Laden and the Taliban? Of course you are. So let's turn to Jalal al-Din Rumi, that extraordinary ...

Renowned poet Rumi's timeless wisdom suggests love isn't found externally but by dismantling internal barriers. His ...

Ibrahim Gamard is a California-based sheikh of the Sufi Mevlevi order and has spent his life translating the poetry of the 13th-century Sufi mystic, Rumi. Murtazali Dugrichilov of RFE/RL's North ...

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan emphasized the important role of 13th-century Sufi mystic and Islamic scholar Mevlana Jalal ad-Din Rumi's doctrines in the formation of the Anatolian civilization, in a ...

The Sufi mysticRumi (1207-73) has been called “the best-selling poet in the U.S.” Whether or not this is the case—the claim would appall Rumi; my money’s on Homer, regardless—Rumi’s appeal, with help ...