Shaykh Abdul Kerim Leads Prayer At Washington Monument

View more scenes from this momentous occasion at yursil.com

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Shaykh Abdul Kerim al-Kibrisi Sohbet – March 2009

Shaykh Abdul Kerim al-Kibrisi Sohbet gives sohbet at the Osmanli Naksi-i’bendi Dergah for General Zikr on the Holy Month of Rabi’Awwal 1430 (March 2009). (Sydney Center , NY)

“Shaykh Effendi is saying people are learning about Islam through the internet in Firawnic rooms. They discuss fatwas but they don’t know the basics of the religion. Muslims [...]

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Ramadan Dinner @ Columbia University

Once again, the Osmanli Naksibendi Tarikat is hosting an iftar/supper at Columbia University during Ramadan. Last year it was a SMASH-HIT! People, Muslim and non-Muslim alike were talking about it long after Ramadan had passed.
For some it was a moment to break their fast with more than the 3 other Muslims they know on campus. [...]

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Traditional Islamic Music Sung at a Church

Video (01:19) – “Sheikh Nazim” ilahi performed at a New York church by murids from the Osmanli Dergahi
Video courtesy of nakshibendi.com

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Sema: Traditional Sufi Worship and Whirling

For over 700 years Muslims have performed a devotional worship, a form of sema, whirling in continual remembrance of their Creator. This tradition of whirling became commonly known through the sufi poet Maulana Jalal’ud-din Rumi. The word sema, which is arabic for “sound” is described best by Shamsi Tabriz, Maulana Jalal’ud-din’s master and shaykh saying,
“There [...]

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