Explainer: Clashes Highlight Tensions Between Dervishes And Iran's Establishment
follow years of tensions and persecution of dervishes, whose houses of worship have been destroyed and members detained. The Nematollahi Gonabadi order is Iran's largest Sufi order, with members across the country, including in major cities like Tehran and Isfahan. Like most Iranians, they are followers of Shi'a Islam. They pray five times a day and fast during the month of Ramadan. Their rituals include reading spiritual poetry. The Gonabadi dervishes view Sufism as a way of life through which one can find God. They strongly oppose the use ...
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