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Growing popularity of Sufism in Iran

April 17th, 2006 by Klintron

Iranian Sufis say Islamic mysticism has become more and more popular in the country in recent years.

No official statistics are available, but Heshmatollah Riazi, a former professor of philosophy and theology in Iran, believes two to five million Iranians practice Sufism today - compared to only about 100,000 before Iran’s Islamic Revolution of 1979.

Full Story: BBC.

(via Robot Wisdom).

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