tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25556312.post378588730940320412..comments2024-03-01T03:16:14.116+00:00Comments on Another Green World: 'The Battle Cry of the Sufis'Derek Wallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05462511891409913195noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25556312.post-60504074358055053112010-10-17T11:07:35.833+00:002010-10-17T11:07:35.833+00:00Whilst I don't believe that Sufis are entirely...Whilst I don't believe that Sufis are entirely free of either Jihadist or Islamic supremacist tendencies. It is quite clear that Sufis (or more correctly the Ahmadiyyah sect) face ongoing violence and discrimination. Particularly in Pakistan, as do non-Muslims (Ahmadiyyah in Pakistan, are not allowed to call themselves Muslim by law). The massacres by the Taliban are disgusting.Paulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11249817220736089013noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25556312.post-13527270508020567502010-10-15T22:57:36.080+00:002010-10-15T22:57:36.080+00:00Thank you very much for this Derek. Further to you...Thank you very much for this Derek. Further to your meditation on Ishq (Love), here are some verses by the great Sufi poet Rumi:<br /><br />"The Caravan of the Unseen enters the visible world, but it remains hidden . . . <br />How should lovely women come to ugly men? The nightingale always comes to the rosebush.<br />The jasmine grows next to the narcissus, the rose comes to the Matthewhttp://politicsofsoul.orgnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25556312.post-48242690118978328682010-10-15T18:43:52.223+00:002010-10-15T18:43:52.223+00:00this is lovely. and horrific to see this persecuti...this is lovely. and horrific to see this persecution going on. and of course mirrors many such instances of polarisation in history.Miladyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18255959122697927208noreply@blogger.com