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The Role of Sufism in Shaping Islam

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“Stories Are Social Beings”: New interview with Professor Asghar Seyed-Gohrab

Dr. Bodil Carina Ponte-Kok - 12 August 2026 , Uncategorised

27 augustus: Promotie Maarten Holtzapffel – De vagebondpoëzie van Rūmī

Dr. Bodil Carina Ponte-Kok - 12 August 2026 , Uncategorised

July 13: PhD defence Fatemeh Naghshvarian – Feyżī’s poetry at the sixteenth-century Mughal Court

Dr. Bodil Carina Ponte-Kok - 12 August 2026 , Uncategorised

AIS Conference 2026 Final Programme and Abstracts Now Available

Dr. Bodil Carina Ponte-Kok - 29 July 2026 , Uncategorised

29 mei: Promotie Alexandra Nieweg – De vagebond-poëzie van Ḥakīm Sanāʾī

Dr. Bodil Carina Ponte-Kok - 27 May 2026 , Uncategorised

Call for Papers: Sufi Saints, Poets and Heretic Dervishes in Anatolia and Beyond (April 15)

Dr. Bodil Carina Ponte-Kok - 6 March 2026 , Uncategorised

Conference Hotels – Special Rates for AIS 2026 (Utrecht, Netherlands)

Dr. Bodil Carina Ponte-Kok - 11 February 2026 , Uncategorised

New Course on Islamic Mysticism by Prof. Dr. Asghar Seyed-Gohrab

Dr. Bodil Carina Ponte-Kok - 12 November 2025 , Uncategorised

Rumi’s Huwelijksnacht – Lezingen, muziek en poëzie, 17 december Katwijk (volgeboekt)

Dr. Bodil Carina Ponte-Kok - 22 October 2025 , Events, Uncategorised

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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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