Persian Poetics
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Did Rumi really write, “Not Christian or Jew or Muslim, not Hindu Buddhist, Sufi, or Zen. Not any religion or cultural system.”? A thread on the whitewashing and secularizing of
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Thread: The Orientalizing of Moulana RumiMany of you may be familiar with the 'Rumi quotes' that circulate the internet. What if I told you the vast majority of them are
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Thread: Rumi Vodka, an offensive commercialization: Occasionally, I see Moulana Rumi's name plastered somewhere it doesn't belong, like this rosewater brand, or my local kebab place. I don't like it,
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Meet Coleman Barks, the man responsible for nearly every 'Rumi quote' you've seen. Coleman hasn't studied Islam, Sufism, or Persian in academia or traditional settings, he doesn't even know Persian!
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