Some call them a secret brotherhood, others refer to them as a spiritual mystery. The Mevlevis – or “Whirling Dervishes” – themselves acknowledge that their devotion blurs the line between physical ...

A jewel of Islamic architecture, the complex of the Mevlevi Dervishes offers a wonderful example of a sama’khana (hall of listening). Located at the foot of the Citadel in the heart of Islamic Cairo, ...

KONYA, Turkey -- Each year, thousands of people travel to the Turkish city of Konya to attend a weeklong series of events and ceremonies that mark the death of the 13th-century Islamic poet, scholar ...

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 ...

What voice in this world To my ear has come Save the voice of Love Was a tapped drum. Yet for that drumtap From the world of All Into this perishing land I did fall . . . So Persia’s great poet, Jalal ...

This centuries-old tradition has survived many iterations of the Turkish state and celebrates the 'union with God' of Sufi mystic Jalaladdin Rumi. Each year, thousands of people travel to the Turkish ...

ISTANBUL – If you see someone kissing a spoon before he or she starts to eat or kissing the back of one others’ hand when meeting, you can be sure that you are encountering the modern-day followers of ...

When Pope Benedict XVI said in the aftermath of his Regensburg lecture that he wanted a “frank and sincere” dialogue with Islam, this may not have been exactly what he had in mind, but here it is ...

Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu on Wednesday inaugurated the historical Sarajevo Mevlevi dervish lodge jointly re-built by municipality of Turkey's central Anatolian province of Konya and ...

If we could turn the clock back a millennium or two, we would find men and women dancing as part of their daily lives. Its purpose, though, might come as a surprise. Dancing used to be a primary ...

KONYA, Turkey — Each year, thousands of people travel to the Turkish city of Konya to attend a weeklong series of events and ceremonies that mark the death of the 13th-century Islamic poet, scholar ...