The Mevlevi, or "whirling", order of these Sufi ascetics was founded about 1273 by poet Jalel Al-Din Al-Rumi
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Rumi - Wikipedia  Jall ad-Dn Muhammad Rm (Persian:       ), also known as Jall ad-Dn ... The terms  Mawlaw/Molavi (Persian) and Mevlevi (Turkish), also of .... Jalal al-Din who is also known as Rumi, was a philosopher and mystic of Islam ..... The Mewlew Sufi order was founded in 1273 by Rumi's followers after his...
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Mewlana Jalaluddin Rumi - PoemHunter.com  Mewlana Jalaluddin Rumi [Rumi] (1207 - 1273 / Persia) ... 17 December 1273), was a 13th-century Persian[1][6] poet, jurist, theologian, and Sufi mystic. ... In Muslim countries, therefore, Jalal al-Din is not generally known as "Rumi". ... his son Sultan Walad founded the Mevlevi Order, also known as the Order of the Whirling...
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Sufism - ReligionFacts  Mar 17, 2015 ... Sufism is less a sect Islam than a mystical way of approaching the Islamic faith. ... This likely refers to the woollen garment of early Islamic ascetics. ... of fraternal orders, in which disciples followed the teachings of a leader-founder. ... Ibn al'Arabi of Spain, Ibn al-Farid of Egypt, Jalal ad-Din ar-Rumi of Persia,...
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Why dedicated to Rumi?  Rumi Forum  Century Sufi philosopher-poet Mawlana Jalaladdin Rumi, whose reach embraced all ... and literary figures of all time and was the founder of the Mawlawi Sufi order. ... Here, the young Jalal al-Din (Jalaladdin) met and received the blessing of ... a foreword to the book by Sefik Can, the late Mevlevi spiritual leader [details of...
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Rumi - New World Encyclopedia  Mawln Jall ad-Dn Muhammad Rm (1207 - 1273 C.E.) (    ,) ... Rumi wrote over 65,000 verses of intoxicated poetry on the Sufi path of love and .... He founded the order of the Mevlevi, the "whirling" dervishes, and created the .... A. Omaima, "Abrogation of the mind in the Poetry of Jalal al-Din Rumi.
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Sufi whirling - Wikipedia  The dhikr involves recitation of devotional Islamic prayer. ... Yet, those who have not had a taste of it do not know! ... The practice of each tariqa is unique to its individual order, specific traditions and customs ... of another country as each order's ritual stresses "emotional religious life" in various forms.
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Sufism - ReligionFacts  Mar 17, 2015 ... It has been defined as "mystical Islamic belief and practice in which ... Sufism has been a prominent movement within Islam throughout most of its history. ... names of God, of the name Allah, or of a certain religious formula, such ... The well-known "Whirling Dervishes" are members of the Mevlevi order of...
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3. The Second Principle in The Book of the Commandments  [1] While Ibn Ezra embraced that maxim as his touchstone, he regarded Rashi's ... being his great Code of Jewish Law, Mishneh Torah), was written in Judeo-Arabic. ..... how the teachings of Greek and Arab philosophers shed light on Scripture. .... activity of the Rabbis to be a later development intended to artificially link the...
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Rumi | Sufi mystic and poet | Britannica.com  The greatest Sufi mystic and poet in the Persian language, famous for his lyrics and ... he met the wandering dervishholy manShams al-Dn (Sun of Religion) of Tabrz, .... He always remained a respected member of Konya society, and his...
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Shriners - Wikipedia  Shriners International, also commonly known as The Shriners, is a society established in 1870 and is headquartered in Tampa, Florida, USA. It is an appendant body to Freemasonry. Shriners International describes itself as a fraternity based on fun, fellowship, ... The organization was previously known as Ancient Arabic Order of the...
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Surah Yunus [10] - Al-Qur'an al-Kareem -    First, Allah, Who has created the universe and manages it, is, in fact, your Master and Lord, and He alone is entitled to your worship. The second reality is that...
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'Umar al-Khayyam (Omar Khayyam) | Muslim Heritage  'Umar al-Khayyam (better known as Omar Khayyam, 1048-1123 CE), was a ... was one of the greatest mathematicians and astronomers of the Islamic scientific tradition, and a great poet, author of the famous philosophical quatrains (rub'yt). His ... Most of his primary education took place in Balkh and Nshbr. He also...
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Sovereign Military Order of Malta - Wikipedia  Malta, 15301798. , Exile to Rome, 1834. Population. , estimate, 3 citizens 13,000 members 80,000 volunteers. Currency, Maltese scudob. Website orderofmalta.int. a. "Lieutenant ad Interim". b. Euro for postage stamps. The Sovereign Military Hospitaller Order of Saint John of Jerusalem of Rhodes and of Malta ... It was founded as the Knights Hospitaller circa 1099 in Jerusalem, Kingdom...
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Sufism in Theory and Practice - Answering Islam  Islam at the beginning was primarily a legalistic religion and placed before its ... There was no demand for spiritual regeneration through a rebirth experience and ... Eastern Christianity and other oriental religions, a deeply mystical movement ... The Sufi concept of a God who is "all in all" differs radically from the orthodox...
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Sufism - Wikipedia  Sufism or Taawwuf (Arabic:     ) is defined as the inner mystical dimension of Islam. ... Rumi stated: "The Sufi is hanging on to Muhammad, like Abu Bakr. ... originally expressing their beliefs in Arabic before spreading into Persian, Turkish, .... By focusing on the more spiritual aspects of religion, Sufis strive to obtain...
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Who are the Shriners? - GotQuestions.org  Answer: The Shriners organization is called the Ancient Arabic Order of the ... The Shriners are a fraternal organization, and its members are bound by oaths of loyalty. ... The most significant one is the Shriners Hospitals, which they control through the ... Christians should not be members of, or associated with, the Shriners.
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Asceticism - Wikipedia  Asceticism is a lifestyle characterized by abstinence from worldly pleasures, often for the ... The adjective "ascetic" derives from the ancient Greek term asksis, which .... practices of Sufi fakirs have included celibacy, fasting and self-mortification. .... Sannyasa often involved a simple life, one with minimal or no material...
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PDF(540K) - Wiley Online Library  Ruhollah Khomeini was the creation of the Seph-e Psdrn-e. Enqelb-e ... and disciplined under the tight control of the deposed monarch. Mohammad ... (1980-1988) solidified the Islamic Revolution, and Basj, as a key military body of .... At the time of the Prophet Muhammad's death (632 AD), the issue of succession...
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Full text of "Islamic History" - Internet Archive  Disappearance of the 12th Shia Imam and beginning of "Lesser Occultation" ...... Six major Sunni collections were compiled, with the one of Muhammad Ibn Isma'il ...... as an honorific for a great scholar, but it later denoted a simple school teacher, ..... For Shi'as, it is a religious observation 40 days after the Day of 'Ashura.
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Mahmd's Diary - Bah' Library Online  Monday, March 25, 1912, 'Abdu'l-Bah's departure from Ramleh, Alexandria ..... In the Name of God, the Most Exalted, the Most Glorious ...... He took a little mineral water. ...... As the Master arose to give His talk, everyone began to clap so loudly that the ... To some doctors He stated, `I hope that you will raise the standard of...
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History of Iran: Ismailieh [Assassins] - Iran Chamber Society  The sixth Shiite Imam, Jafar al-Sadiq, had two sons. ... "Twelver" Shiism is the religion of Iran today. The Ismaili Imams languished in concealment, heads of an underground movement which attracted the extreme mystics and ... The highly evolved mysticism of the sect was at once its special attraction and its major limitation.