Fahima Mirzaie performs a Sema dance (Sufi Whirling) in Kabul Afghanistan, Thursday, Aug. 20, 2020. Taking on an unorthodox task in her society, the 24-year-old teaches men and women Sufi whirling.

Turkey's most notorious sex-cult leader, Adnan Oktar, was slammed on Thursday by the head of the country's Directorate for Religious Affairs, the Diyanet, who claimed the television personality may ...

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KABUL, AfghanistanKABUL, Afghanistan — A group of young Afghans – both women and men – is coming together in the country’s war-torn capital to practice a mystical Sufi Islamic dance. The group’s ...

The Whirling Dervishes of Rumi, an Islamic dance troupe from Turkey with an almost 800-year tradition, will perform Thursday at the Brady Theater. The Order of the Whirling Dervishes originated in the ...

ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - A theatrical performance by a renowned Kurdish dance group from northeastern Syria (Rojava) at an event organized by the American University of Iraq, Sulaimani (AUIS) has ...

KABUL, Afghanistan — A group of young Afghans – both women and men – is coming together in the country’s war-torn capital to practice a mystical Sufi Islamic dance. The group’s founder says she sees ...

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - A group of young Afghans – both women and men – is coming together in the country’s war-torn capital to practice a mystical Sufi Islamic dance. The group’s founder says she ...