The King of Konya at Rumi’s time was a huge fan of Mawlana Rumi. He said to members of his court: “I love Rumi, but I can’t stand his circle. They are ugly, rude, mean and unrefined.” Word of this got ...

Hazrat Mawlana Jalaluddin Rumi (b 1207), hailed as "the greatest mystic poet of the world" by the German poet philosopher Wolfgang Von Goethe for his Mathnawi and Divan-e-Kabir, was surprisingly ...

In an exclusive interview with Anadolu Agency, Omid Safi, professor of Islamic Studies at Duke University, answered questions on the works of Mawlana Rumi and how they are perceived today. Anadolu ...

The status and stature of Maulana Rumi is accepted and acknowledged across the world. Scholars and intellects have been studying Jalaluddin Muhammad Rumi’s words and been analysing his thoughts which ...

For many years now, the most popular poet in America has been a 13th-century mystical Muslim scholar. Translations of Mawlana Jalaluddin Rumi's - better known as Rumi - verse are hugely popular and ...

"I can't imagine a life without Sufism," says a Turkish woman as she describes her commitment to the 13th-century Islamic scholar Mevlana Rumi. "Sufism creates a big difference in your life and you ...

with a wise and poetic saying from the famed Sufi poet Rumi. According to many accounts, Rumi became the best-selling poet in the English language in the 1990’s, continuing onto today. Today, his ...

ISLAMABAD, Oct 22: There is a dire need to spread the thoughts of Mawlana Jalaluddin Rumi in order to bring stability not only to the country but also to the whole world. This was stated by speakers ...

In recent years, many have attempted to correct the skewed Rumi that the West has been presented with. ‘Rumi: The Musical’ was meant to be one of those attempts, but it failed. Who was Rumi? It’s a ...

The Taliban's Ministry of Information and Culture has announced that the Turkish Cooperation and Coordination Agency (TIKA) will soon begin the restoration of the monastery of Mawlana Jalaluddin ...