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Pilgrimage To Rumi: May It Be Love

Omid Safi | Posted 02.21.2012 | Religion
Read More: Islam, Sufism, Mysticism, Love in Islam, Sufi Poetry, Rumi, Rumi's Poetry, Mevlana Jelaleddin Rumi, Rumi Wedding Night, Religion News
Omid Safi

The shrine kept expanding and expanding to take in more and more pilgrims. It was a palpable lesson that we are capable of taking so many into our hearts if we dare let it expand to encompass the whole humanity.

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Celebrating The Divine Union Of The Soul: Devotees Mark 738th Anniversary Of Rumi's Death

Fahad Faruqui | Posted 04.16.2012 | Religion
Read More: Islam, Sufism, Death & Dying, Rumi Death, Mystical Union, Seb-I Arus, Poetry, Love Poetry, Whirling Dervish, Mysticism, Whirling, Sufi Poetry, Video, Jalaluddin Rumi, Rumi Wedding Night, Mevlana Jelaleddin Rumi, Religion News
Fahad Faruqui

Rumi died in 1273. To this day, his devotees celebrate his departure from the world as one would in a marriage, apt for a man who sought the highest love in life, and found it most completely in death.

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Whirling Dervishes Celebrate Rumi Anniversary

Posted 05.25.2011 | Religion
Read More: Whirling Dervish, Islam, Sufi Poetry, Rumi, Sheb-I Arus, Muslim Poetry, Seb-I Arus, Mevlana Jelaleddin Rumi, Rumi Wedding Night, Sufi Mysticism, Devotional Poetry, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Religion News

Whirling dervishes in Turkey performed an annual dance to mark the death of Muslim mystic and poet, Mevlana Jelaleddin Rumi. The beloved Sufi writer o...

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