Archive for Aralık 7th, 2009

Ibrahim Gamard

WESTERN VIEWS OF MAWLANA RUMI’S MUSLIM IDENTITY

by Ibrahim Gamard (8/06)

www.dar-al-masnavi.org

 

 

The popularity of Hazrat-e Mawlânâ Jalâluddîn Muhammad Rûmî’s poetry in America, together with the wide recognition of the name of “Rûmî” is an amazing development. This article examines a key factor that has contributed to this popularization: the false view in many Western books and articles that sufism is something separate from Islam.

 

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