A sedate audience, a silent auditorium – an apt setting for a serene evening; an experience of sorts which was not entertainment but a cultural insight into the land of Sufi Turkey. Yes, the Sufi ...

There is a sense of unity of thought which speaks of the fundamental one-ness of all religions. Sufism is a teaching based on love. There is a sense of unity of thought which speaks of the fundamental ...

Come December and I go back to Turkey, albeit, in my thoughts. The memories of visiting Konya come flooding around this time of the year. Thousands of people descend from all over the world on the ...

Turkey's whirling dervishes, followers of the 13th-century Islamic scholar, poet, and Sufi mystic, Mevlana Jalaluddin al-Rumi, performed their Sema dance on Thursday to mark the 747th anniversary of ...

THIS collection of papers, the work of a careful student of the Nearer East, most of which have already appeared in periodicals, is of value at the present time. The treatment, however, is sketchy, ...

(CNN)-- The dance of the Whirling Dervishes is not only a sight to behold for spectators, it is a sacred ritual for followers of this mystical and philosophical strand of Islam. The Order of Mevlevi, ...

The world's leading troupe of dervishes and musicians recreate the entranced and entrancing power of the Sufi ceremonies. Dating back 700 years, these follow an established ritual order, from the ...