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Investigation of Six Dervishes in Dezful’s Country Court

On Wednesday, investigations and examinations regarding the charges laid against six Gonabadi Dervishes commenced in Dezful’s County court.According to Majzooban Noor reporter, Gholamreza Abarkar, Masood Majdi Nasab, Hassan Diapour, Mohammad Javad Babaii, Ghassem Mangari and Mohammad Maleki are the six Dervishes under investigation and charged for various allegations such as disturbance of peace, damaging public […]

The way of Sufi

Everyone is familiar with  the whirling  dervishes; more likely, everyone at sometime has seen a film  on Turkey and its  folklore, where it is  impossible to  ignore dance of  the dervishes, dressed in  long white robes and high felt headdresses, whirling  to  the monotonous rhythm of  a haunting music. Some know  that the dervishes are […]

UN Special Rapporteur on the Situation of Human Rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran Ahmed Shaheed

October 2016 report of the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran: ,Ahmad Shaheed, UN’s special correspondence on human rights issues in Iran, has published his report for the period between 1/1/2016 till now. With the completion of Mr Shaheed’s assignment, Aseme Jahangir, human rights activist from Pakistan […]

‘Attar and the Persian Sufi Tradition: The Art of Spiritual Flight

Farid al-Din ‘Attar (d. 1221) was the principal Muslim religious poet of the second half of the twelfth century. Best known for his masterpiece “Mantiq al-tayr”, or “The Conference of Birds”, his verse is still considered to be the finest example of Sufi love poetry in the Persian language after that of Rumi. Distinguished by […]

The Quiet Comeback of Istanbul’s Hidden Sufi Lodges

The banned dervish halls are scattered through the city.By Joshua Allen OCTOBER 10, 2016 The whirling of the Mevlevi dervishes is one of Turkey’s most iconic images, popularized in films and tourist ads for decades. Naturally, these ads do not mention that it has been illegal to perform this ritual for almost 100 years. In […]

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