Necrophilia and Uncooked Meat: A Take on Irrational Fatwas
The cyberspace is abuzz with discussions on yet another fatwa, this time from a Moroccan cleric who declared necrophilia lawful. According to the cleric, it is religiously permissible for a man to have sex with his dead wife provided it is done within six hours of death. Although the fatwa seems to have been issued some […]
Tombs, Orders: Facets from History
The Naqshbandiya, which spread in India, China and the Malayan Archipelago, is an orthodox order and in general, appeals to the elite, forbidding the practice of extravagant forms of dhikhr, dancing and music. It was introduced to India by Baqi Billah in the 10th/16th century and was started afresh and reinvigorated by his important and […]
Rūmī and the Sufi Tradition
The following is an excrept from the author’s book Islamic Art and Spirituality State University of New York Press Wine in ferment is a beggar suing for our ferment, Heaven in revolution is a beggar suing for our consciousness/ Wine was intoxicated with us, not we with it; the body came into being from us, not we from […]
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