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The Role of Sufism in Shaping Islam

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New publication: Dancing before God’s Beauty: Exploring Rūmī’s Poetic Universe, Mystical Philosophy, and Reception History

Dr. Bodil Carina Ponte-Kok - 3 September 2025 , News, Publications

New publication on Sufism in Late Mamlūk Cairo by Sheridan Polinsky

Dr. Bodil Carina Ponte-Kok - 3 September 2025 , Publications

New Publication by Dr Arash Ghajarjazi, Remembering ʿUmar Khayyām: Episodes of Unbelief in the Reception Histories of Persian Quatrains

Dr. Bodil Carina Ponte-Kok - 12 February 2025 , News, Publications

New publication on Sufi non-conformism

Dr. Diede Farhosh-van Loon - 17 October 2024 , News, Publications

New publication by Asghar Seyed-Gohrab

Dr. Diede Farhosh-van Loon - 13 August 2024 , News, Publications

This project has received funding from the European Research Council (ERC) under the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme (Grant agreement No. 101020403).

    Beyond Sharia
    The Role of Sufism in Shaping Islam

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    The images that make up the header of this website are sourced from the website of The Metropolitan Museum of Art. From left to right they are:

    1 Painting attributed to Bihzad (Iranian, Herat ca. 1450–1535/36 Herat). "Dancing Dervishes", Folio from a Divan of Hafiz. ca. 1480.  Opaque watercolor and gold on paper. The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

    2 Sa'di. "Page of Calligraphy from an Anthology of Poetry by Sa`di and Hafiz" Late 15th century.  Ink, opaque watercolor, silver, and gold on paper. The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

    3 "Youth and Dervish". Second quarter 17th century. Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper (tinted drawing). The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

    4 Sa'di (Iranian, Shiraz ca. 1213–1291 Shiraz). "Dancing Dervishes", Folio from a Gulistan of Sa'di. 17th century. Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper. The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

    5 Hafiz (Iranian, Shiraz ca. 1325–1390 Shiraz),  Luthfi (Iranian, 1367–1460s), Hilali (Iranian, Astarabad ca. 1470–1529/30 Herat), Mu’in (Iranian), Asir (Iranian, died probably 1639–40). "Anthology of Persian Poetry"  17th century.  Ink, opaque watercolor and gold on paper. Binding: opaque watercolor and gold on leather. The Metropolitan Museum of Art.


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