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The Debate on Rumi's "Identity"
There is a rising ethno-national debate about claiming Rumi's legacy with some bigotry inserted by Irani Persians speaking against Afghans claiming that Rumi "wasnt Afghan," even though he was born in Balkh, a well known cultural & knowledge hub
There is a rising ethno-national debate about claiming Rumi's legacy with some bigotry inserted by Irani Persians speaking against Afghans claiming that Rumi "wasnt Afghan," even though he was born in Balkh, a well known cultural & knowledge hub
Claiming him is important to the projection of heritage of each country.
Knowing a little history before making some grandiose claims is important
They lived in the Sunni Turkic Khawarzmeh Empire that controlled over half of Afghanistan & Persia that was overrun by Mongols.
Knowing a little history before making some grandiose claims is important
They lived in the Sunni Turkic Khawarzmeh Empire that controlled over half of Afghanistan & Persia that was overrun by Mongols.
After Mongol attack on Khawarizm, his father, a man from a line of Sunni Hanafi jurists, moved the family westward and they settled in the Seljuk Sultanate of Rum (i.e. modern day Turkey)
The family travelled extensively until they settled in Karaman then Konya.
The family travelled extensively until they settled in Karaman then Konya.
While in Konya he taught as a Hanafi jurist and then met the ascetic Shams-e Tabrizi who impacted him greatly in Tasawwuf.
Rumi would live in the Seljuk Sultanate of Rum until he passed away and buried in Konya and his school was carried on.
Rumi would live in the Seljuk Sultanate of Rum until he passed away and buried in Konya and his school was carried on.
No one has a right to tell Afghans that he cannot be called Afghan.
Iran and Turkey celebrating his legacy as he lived in those lands is an important part of cultural heritage.
Gatekeeping others is a really simplistic ethno-national form of ignorance.
Iran and Turkey celebrating his legacy as he lived in those lands is an important part of cultural heritage.
Gatekeeping others is a really simplistic ethno-national form of ignorance.
Although I find it ironic that the globally famous Sunni scholar Rumi is being fought over by some Irani nationalists, while Al Ghazali's grave in Iran is desecrated and abandoned who was clearly persian.
One only wonders why the selective care about heritage?
One only wonders why the selective care about heritage?
Rumi was no doubt an Islamic Sunni Hanafi scholar.
He belongs to the Muslim world
Let people celebrate him how they like but not warp his identities to their pleasing.
Tell his story and his history and dont gatekeep people from that legacy.
He belongs to the Muslim world
Let people celebrate him how they like but not warp his identities to their pleasing.
Tell his story and his history and dont gatekeep people from that legacy.
Rumi was a Sunni Muslim scholar.
That was his identity above all else as is absolutely visibly present in all of his writings.
Every other nation state ignorantly trying to "restrict" his identity based on his birth, travel, or settling is just anachronistic ignorance.
That was his identity above all else as is absolutely visibly present in all of his writings.
Every other nation state ignorantly trying to "restrict" his identity based on his birth, travel, or settling is just anachronistic ignorance.
If he had a twitter bio itd read:
Rumi from the origins of Balkh Afghan scholar, who lived in Khawarizm Persia, and then a guest of the Turkic Seljuk.
Claimed by many, but belonging to One - whose love he lived and died for.
Rumi from the origins of Balkh Afghan scholar, who lived in Khawarizm Persia, and then a guest of the Turkic Seljuk.
Claimed by many, but belonging to One - whose love he lived and died for.
