Re: The Sufi Dance
They aren’t celebrating, this is a form of worship for them which is why it’s controversional. “I’m doing this for Allah” is what people object to. Google sufi whirling and the word “dhikr” (remembrance of Allah) will come up over and over again. If you wanna whirl to forget about the world around you and focus on your inner self or whatever, do so by all means. But what’s dhikr got to do with whirling/dancing/singing is what I don’t understand. It’s not prayer or dhikr, it’s just whirling, plain and simple.