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Pakistani Sufi leader breaks barriers and builds bridges in historic visit to Israel

A Pakistani Sufi leader visited Israel, challenging taboos and advocating for dialogue between faiths and nations.

|ByOHAD MERLIN
Peer Syed Mudassir Nazar Shah visited Israel for the first time.
BABA MONDI, leader of the Bektashi sect of Albanian Muslims, could soon be the leader of the world’s newest mini state.

Religious leader of Albania: 'I consider myself a brother of the people of Israel' - exclusive

The mini state, whose territory will consist of around 0.1 square kilometers, is planned to be the “Vatican” of the Shi’ite Bektashi Sufi order.

|ByELDAD BECK
YA’QUB IBN YUSUF, Jewish Sufi, at the First Station: Holding the door open for spiritual seekers in Jerusalem for 23 years.

Olam Qatan: Bridging Jewish, Sufi spiritual beliefs

Jewish Sufi seeker Ya’qub ibn Yusuf, born Joshua Heckelman in New York City, studied with great spiritual masters before opening Olam Qatan a generation ago.

|ByHAGAY HACOHEN
The Golden Gate also known as the Mercy Gate (R) and the Dome of the Rock at the Al-Aqsa mosques compound in Jerusalem's Old City

Shiekh Al-Haqqani’s visit to Israel and the PA

The visit aimed to strengthen the ties with the followers of the order and the spiritual-religious link to the holy sites of Sufi Islam.

|ByMICHAEL BARAK

Mumbai welcomes first Israeli sufi devotional musician

No matter what language, place or era; the message of unconditional love enshrined in the Sufi philosophy doesn’t change.

NOVEMBER 6, 2017
ByPRAKRUTI MANIAR / HINDUSTAN TIMES
‘A LOT of Indian music is live, and its strength comes from it vitality and its drive. So we wanted to immerse ourselves in that ambiance and to record,’ says Israeli composer and musician Shye Ben-Tzur with regard to his latest album, ‘Junun.’

Twenty tortured, then murdered in Pakistan Sufi shrine

With its ancient hypnotic rituals, Sufism is a mystical form of Islam that has been practiced in Pakistan for centuries.

APRIL 2, 2017
ByREUTERS
Sufi shrine on the edge of Sargodha where twenty people were tortured and then murdered

A letter to a Sufi friend

If I sometimes sound as though I am against Islam, or against this or that political stance, you should know that I am not. I am against any radicalization, as it separates us from each other.

AUGUST 18, 2016
Attendants from dozens of countries and from all religions participating in the World Kabbalah Convention at Ganei Hataarucha, Tel-Aviv