Islamic mysticism

In Kashmir, ‘conscious music’ tests India’s limits on speech

By Sheikh Saaliq and Aijaz Hussain — July 5, 2022
SRINAGAR, India (AP) — A new musical tradition blends progressive Sufi rock with hip-hop in an assertive expression of political aspirations.

‘Beyond the mosque’: Seeing Islam’s diversity reflected in worship spaces

By Aysha Khan — November 4, 2019
(RNS) — Rizwan Mawani uses diverse sacred spaces as lenses through which to offer readers a primer on the expansive histories, architectures and ritual practices of Muslims around the world.

Omid Safi’s ‘Radical Love’ recenters Sufi poetry within Islam

By Aysha Khan — June 11, 2018
(RNS) — Omid Safi's new book 'Radical Love' offers a reminder to Muslims and non-Muslims alike: You can't divorce Rumi's mystical poetry from Islam.
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