Dr.Ehsan AzariToward the end of Candid, Voltaire writes in 1758 about a dervish saint who lived in Turkey without citing his name. In the novel, Candid approaches and asks the dervish: “Master…we have come to ask a favour. Will you kindly tell us why such a strange animal as man was ever […]
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Jesus Christ in Rumi’s Poetry and Parables
Jesus Christ in Rumi’s Poetry and ParablesBy Dr. Rasoul Sorkhabihttp://www.interreligiousinsight.org/April2008/April08Sorkhabi.pdfDr. Rasoul Sorkhabi, is a professor at the University of Utah in Salt Lake City and directs the Rumi Poetry Club ([email protected]).
Masnavi e Manavi : The Elephant in a Dark Room.
Book III. Story VI.Some Hindoos were exhibiting an elephant in a dark room, and many people collected to see it. But as the place was too dark to permit them to see the elephant, they all felt it with their hands, to gain an idea of what it was like.
BBC Persian; Dr Seyed Mostafa Azmayesh, English Subtitles
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Press conference in the Bund Press Conference House in Berlin
Mehriran.de – On the occasion of Human Rights Day, the IGFM Frankfurt organized a press conference in Berlin on the current situation in Egypt and Iran. This is the contribution of the International Organization to Preserve of Human Rights in Iran.
Liberty of conscience and its relationship with the tribal variations
Mehriran – Geneva: Speech during the September 2011 session of the UN Human Rights Council. “Iranian culture is like a carpet. A carpet which has a variety of colours and patterns, which are intertwined and interconnected.”
U.S. Religious-Freedom Report Singles Out Iran, Uzbekistan, China
RFE:RL – The United States has singled out Iran, Uzbekistan, and China as among the worst violators of religious rights — countries where it says abuses are “egregious, ongoing, and systematic.”
Masnavi e Manavi : The Sufi and the Qazi.
A sick man laboring under an incurable disease went to a physician for advice. The physician felt his pulse, and perceived that no treatment would cure him, and therefore told him to go away and do whatever he had a fancy for.
One Dervish from Khoramshahr was attacked for the second time
Mr.Amin Azadi a Gonabadi sufi the resident of Khoramshahr after frequent criminal threats was attacked and tortured seriously in front of Dervishi majles of this city for the second time by some religious extremist.
The Sufi Path
The Sufi Path An Introduction to the Ni‘matullahi Sultan ‘Alishahi Order The Sufi Path: An Introduction to the Ni‘matullahi Sultan ‘Alishahi Order Edited and translated by: Shahram Pazouki