RELIGION IN THE NEWS: MYSTICISM

General And Miscellaneous

•   "Javanese Mystical Beliefs," New York Times, January 28, 2008.

• Cameron W. Barr, "Indonesia's Shadowy Mysticism," Christian Science Monitor, April 9, 1998.

Kabbalah

•   William Grimes, "A Metaphysics Starter Kit, And A Primer In Jewish Arcana," New York Times, December 23, 2005.

•   "Madonna Defends Kabbalah Interest," BBC News, October 31, 2005.

• John Sweeney, "Kabbalah Leader's Holocaust 'Slur,'" BBC News, January 9, 2005.

• Debra Nussbaum Cohen, "Jewish Mysticism Surges On A Tide Of Red Strings," New York Times, December 13, 2003.

Christian Mysticism

•   Finlo Rohrer, "An Everyman's Mystic," BBC News, November 27, 2007.

Sufism

•   Robert Mackey, "Mullah Omar Calls For A Taliban Surge," New York Times News Blog, March 6, 2009.

• "Sufi Shrine 'Blown Up By Taleban,'" BBC News, March 5, 2009.

•   Barbara Plett, "Can Sufi Islam Counter The Taliban?," BBC News, February 24, 2009.

• Jane Lampman, "Sufism May Be Powerful Antidote To Islamic Extremism," Christian Science Monitor, December 5, 2007.

•   "Iran Police Battle Sufi Muslims," BBC News, November 12, 2007.

•   Charles Haviland, "The Roar Of Rumi -- 800 Years On," BBC News, September 30, 2007.

• C.J. Chivers, "Sufi Traditions Are Returning To Chechnya," New York Times, May 26, 2006.

• Roxani Saberi, "Growing Popularity Of Sufism In Iran," BBC News, April 25, 2006.

• Scott Baldaug, "Blue Locks Replace String In An Ancient Afghan Tradition," Christian Science Monitor, November 14, 2005.

• Peter Culshaw, "The Whirling Wind Of God," Observer, October 16, 2005.

• Edward Wong, "Sufis Under Attack As Sunni Rifts Widen," New York Times, August 21, 2005.

•   Asim Butt, "Pakistan's Mystical Islam Thrives," BBC News, August 11, 2005.

•   Douglas Martin, "Martin Lings, A Sufi Writer On Islamic Ideas, Dies At 96," New York Times, May 29, 2005.

• Jonathan Curiel, "Sufi Groups Give It A Whirl Despite Complaints Of Fundamentalists," San Francisco Chronicle, November 17, 2004.

• Peter Greste, "Sufi Renaissance After Taleban Fall," BBC News, December 9, 2001.

• Peter Culshaw, "Giving The Dervish A Whirl," Guardian, December 1, 2001.

•   Malcolm Haslett, "Afghanistan's Holy City," BBC News, November 6, 2001.

• Scott Baldauf, "Loss Of Tolerance Mourned In Kashmir," Christian Science Monitor, July 19, 2001.

• Suman Bandrapalli, "The Sufi Sect," Christian Science Monitor, February 12, 1996.