The religions of the world have some features in common. The belief in One Supreme Being, The claim of divine…
The family of Mevlana Jelaluddin Rumi (1207-1273), a poet born in Balkh (now in Afghanistan), but later settled in Konya,…
Two mystical movements rising from the basis of Alevi-ism are the Bektashi and the Mawlawi (Mawlawiyya) Orders. One section of…
The New Year of the Shi’ites and Alevis commences at the Spring Equinox, and is celebrated as the Feast of…
ALEVI-ISM believes in the trinity of Allah-Mohammed-Ali but Alevis are not in any way connected to orthodox, legalistic Shi’ites such…
The act of repeating the name of Allah silently or aloud, in solitude or in a group, is known…
There are differing views as to when the schism between Sunnism and Shi’ism, the two major sects, took place. The…
MUHARRAM is the first lunar month of the Hegira calendar and Ashura is an Arabic word meaning the tenth. Ashura…
SHI’ISM is one of the two principal branches of the Islamic religion. It is composed of the adherents of Ali.…
The crescent moon, (hilal) is the accepted symbol of Islam, and this particular form of the moon has a religious…