Some call them a secret brotherhood, others refer to them as a spiritual mystery. The Mevlevis – or “Whirling Dervishes” – themselves acknowledge that their devotion blurs the line between physical ...

Ibrahim Gamard is a California-based sheikh of the Sufi Mevlevi order and has spent his life translating the poetry of the 13th-century Sufi mystic, Rumi. Murtazali Dugrichilov of RFE/RL's North ...

Through an intensified programme during the month of Ramadan, Mevlevi whirling dervish Hussein Soliman presents evenings of Sufi dance and chanting, inviting audiences into a deeper spiritual ...

KONYA, Turkey — Each year, thousands of people travel to the Turkish city of Konya to attend a weeklong series of events and ceremonies that mark the death of the 13th-century Islamic poet, scholar ...