"No place for Sufism in Iran"


	"No place for Sufism in Iran"

Gul Agha

11-6-2007 12:16 PM

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and yet it remains popular with the millions of Iranians...

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Only two ten-minute reed flute and setar performances had been arranged for the event, none of which were related to Sufi philosophy,” </FONT></FONT></P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.mehrnews.ir/en/NewsDetail.aspx?NewsID=579565"><P align="justify" dir="ltr" class="MsoPlainText"><FONT size="2"><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">“There is no place for the promotion of the Mevlevi sect and Sufism in our Shia country,” he noted.<O:P _moz-userdefined=""></O:P></FONT></FONT></P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.mehrnews.ir/en/NewsDetail.aspx?NewsID=579565"><P align="justify" dir="ltr" class="MsoPlainText"><FONT size="2"><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">However, the Iranian traditional music band Shams gave a series of concerts, combining their music with Sama performances by dervishes from Konya, at the Sadabad Palace in August which were most warmly received by the audiences.<O:P _moz-userdefined=""></O:P></FONT></FONT></P></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/1AA338C4-DCA3-4174-8430-26D6AC4B2D8E/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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