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 religion of Islam took root in two forms in all the countries that adopted this faith. The first is…