The Side of Islam No One Ever Told Us About

Spoilers: It’s pretty cool

Image taken from page 225 of ‘The Adventures of Hajjî Baba of Ispahan’ — sourced from the British Library, in the public domain,

Maybe you’ve heard of that guy Rumi. He’s this Persian guy that wrote poetry, mostly about love and God, and how awesome both of those things are, especially when you put them together. Rumi is a Sufi.

When I say “Persian” — I mean from Persia, which is only called Persia when we want to say something nice about it…