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The Role of Sufism in Shaping Islam

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Prof.dr. Asghar Seyed-Gohrab

Projectleader

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Dr. Bodil Carina Ponte-Kok

Project Coordinator

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Maarten Holtzapffel

Phd Candidate

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Alexandra Nieweg

Phd Candidate

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Fatemeh Naghshvarian

PhD Candidate

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Amin Ghodratzadeh

Phd Candidate

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Dr. Arash Ghajarjazi

Post-doctorate Fellow (Jun. 2022 - May 2025)

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Dr. Zhinia Noorian

Post-doctorate Fellow (Sept. 2022 - Aug. 2025)

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Dr. Leila Rahimi Bahmany

Post- doctorate Fellow (Jul. 2023 - Sept. 2025)

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Dr. Diede Farhosh-van Loon

Project Coordinator (Sept. 2021 - Oct. 2024)

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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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