One of the most famous practices in Sufism is the Whirling Dervishes, a symbolic dance that represents the soul’s longing for ...

Whirling Dervishes, and Baul musicians. Uniquely named stage settings reflected the diversity of Delhi’s Sufi heritage. Bebaak (fearless) celebrated poetry, storytelling, and spoken word ...

The ritual of whirling dervishes is observed by Sufi Muslims in honor of the 13th century poet Rumi. Though commonly associated with Turkey, NPR notes that there "are now many Sufi dervish orders ...

Historian William Dalrymple journeys to Morocco, Turkey, Syria and Pakistan to explore whirling dervishes, Qawwali singing and other forms of music sacred in Sufism, the branch of Islam that ...

It exists throughout the Muslim world (perhaps most visibly in Turkey, where whirling dervishes represent a strain of Sufism), and its millions of followers generally embrace Islam as a religious ...

Then the Taliban took over. The Taliban sees Sufi whirling dervishes as against Islamic law. Fahima Mirzaei had no choice but to run. This is the story of her escape. This is part of the ...