Born in what is now Afghanistan, the poet Jalaluddin Rumi was reviled by the Taliban because of his poems about love, sex, nature, loss, longing and other subjects that the now-deposed regime ...

The books “Molavinameh” (“Book of Rumi”) written by Rumi expert Jalaledddin Homai in 1973 and “Character of Rumi” authored by Rumi scholar Hossein Shajareh in 1937 were taken out of the complex’s ...

Though his English-only translations of the Sufi poet Jelaluddin Rumi (1207–1273) have sold hundreds of thousands of copies, Barks is anything but celebratory in his preface to this new collection: "I ...

“Rumi’s Book of Love and Sufistic Verses” written by Afifah Ahmad was released by Afkaruna, an Indonesian interdisciplinary journal of Islamic studies, the Iranian Cultural office in Jakarta announced ...

It’s‌ ‌not‌ ‌every‌ ‌day‌ ‌that‌ ‌the‌ ‌sages‌ ‌of‌ ‌the‌ ‌Talmud‌ ‌and‌ ‌the‌ ‌ancient‌ ‌Persian‌ ‌poet,‌ ‌Rumi,‌ ‌cross‌ ‌paths.‌ That’s‌ ‌why‌ ‌I‌ ‌was‌ ‌so ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

KARACHI: The rise in extremism in Pakistan is fabricated and the people of the country should challenge it, journalist and author Raza Rumi said on Saturday. He was speaking on the launch of his book, ...

Sitting in his San Diego apartment's dining room, casually enjoying a cup of coffee and savouring a salty-cheese morsel, Ahmad turned to Melody and asked her about her emotions regarding the upcoming ...

Book Club is a monthly series from Speedy Ortiz’s Sadie Dupuis, exploring the literature that inspires some of our favorite musicians. Whether it’s a music biography that got them through the slog of ...