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It is astounding how little this liberal face of Islam is known outside of the Indian subcontinent and possibly the educated populace of Iran.
by ajju 18y ago
It is astounding how little this liberal face of Islam is known outside of the Indian subcontinent and possibly the educated populace of Iran.
- ajju 18y agoAlso, this is not a Bollywood song. It is a poem by a 17th/18th century Punjabi Sufi Muslim poet Bulleh Shah performed here by a Punjabi Sikh called "Rabbi" with scenes from Hindu majority India in the background and English subtitles. So many identities :)
- gruseom 18y agoWell, Rumi is the best-selling poet in the United States. Rightly so, too: the Sufi poets are as great as any poetry ever written, I think, and can be astonishingly modern. That being said, I have the impression that they are distinctly non grata in the vast majority of the Muslim world. No?