Through an intensified programme during the month of Ramadan, Mevlevi whirling dervish Hussein Soliman presents evenings of Sufi dance and chanting, inviting audiences into a deeper spiritual ...

Sufism, the mystical branch of Islam, emphasizes universal love, peace, acceptance of various spiritual paths and a mystical union with the divine. It is associated with the dancing of whirling ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Fahima Mirzaie performs a Sema dance (Sufi Whirling) in Kabul Afghanistan, Thursday, Aug. 20, 2020. Taking on an unorthodox task ...

Sufism, is recognized as the mystical branch of Islam, and is often called the "science of the heart." Rumi’s path, which later on became the Mevlevi Order (or Whirling Dervishes), is built on three ...

Many religious and spiritual traditions incorporate dance as a pathway to the divine. Native American tribes of the Great Plains celebrate the cycle of birth and death during the Sun Dance. Some Jews ...

KONYA, Turkey (AP) — Every December, thousands of people make a pilgrimage to the central Turkish city of Konya for 10 days of ceremonies and events commemorating the death of the 13th-century Islamic ...

“As soon as he started to grow, he saw us all whirling, his uncles and cousins. When he first started to walk when he was about one year old, he started to whirl. I started to teach him how to move ...

These dancers can twirl dozens of times per minute without moving an inch from their spot. The al-Kharrat family is one of the most reputed in Damascus for Sufi whirling, boasting 20 dervish dancers ...