Qawwali in India…

At the Sufism in India and Central Asia International Conference at Jamia Millia Islamia where I spoke last week, we were treated to an amazing qawwali performance by musicians from the Sufi shrine of Qutbuddin Bakhtiar Kaki. I was so happy when they opened with my favorite qawwali song–which you can listen to in the video below. At a time when media attention is focused on terrorism, division, and war, it was inspiring to witness so many people from different regional, religious, and ethnic backgrounds coming together in the spirit of love and devotion to enjoy the ecstatic music and spiritual poetry of qawwali…