

The Christian festival Greenbelt (next weekend) will this year feature opportunities to learn Islamic worship chants. The Ansari Qadiri Rifai Tariqa, describing itself as 'an international non-profit spiritual organisation in service to the Divine', will be teaching 'basic universal Sufi chants'. The Greenbelt website says they 'are rhythmic, healing, and a unique form of worship'. The Ansari UK website says its mission is to promote Sufism which is 'founded on the Holy Quran, the Holy Scriptures and the teachings of the Prophet Muhammad and other Prophets (peace be upon them)'. Its primary mission is 'to be available to guide seekers of Allah'. There will also be Muslim contributors offering Islamic music and poetry, and a discussion led by a British Muslim convert entitled 'Scriptural Reasoning Remixed'. Greenbelt's creative director said they intend to introduce Islamic programme feeds to help build better religious literacy.
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