BEYOND FEAR: Sufism and shrines of Sylhet
鈥業 DON鈥橳 care about haram or halal. I鈥檇 rather extinguish the fire in hell and burn heaven so that people could start loving God for no other reason than love.鈥� This statement, as quoted by Shams Tabrizi in the book The Forty Rules of Love written by Elif Shafak, perhaps best encapsulates the esoteric vs the exoteric aspects of Islam. The path of inner...