Shams Tabriz, a 13th century Persian mystic and thinker, wrote the biography of his contemporary and fellow mystic, Jalal al-Din Rumi. In it, Rumi is quoted as saying something quite shocking by orthodox Islamic standards: “Bravo, oh champions (Prostitutes)! If it was not for you bearing the burden, who would have subdued so many censorious, […]

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