Rumi
AI technology resurrects the voice of Laleh Bakhtiar
By Joseph Hammond — November 9, 2021
(RNS) — A project aimed at cementing the legacy of an Islam scholar could help the IT world’s sometime hostility to Muslim voices.
Why this rabbi loved Mary Oliver
By Jeffrey Salkin — January 17, 2019
Her poetry speaks to our souls -- whatever faith or non-faith we are.
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.
What was Rumi’s ‘secret’?
By Kimberly Winston — June 1, 2017
(RNS) A new biography of the 13th-century Sufi mystic attempts to flesh out the man — and the mystery — behind the best-selling poet in America.
To set out on the spiritual path, you have to be ugly
By Omid Safi — March 31, 2013
If we were already perfect and beautiful, there would be no need to set out on a path.
Facebook Rumi: How a Muslim mystic became a popular meme
By Omid Safi — March 2, 2013
These memes and Facebook sayings are transforming a 13th century Muslim mystic into the perfect New Age mystic.
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