
Visiting Sufi shrines in Afghanistan (Photo: Emily O'Dell)
When I was studying Sufism in
Afghanistan, my Afghan friends took me to visit a number of Sufi shrines scattered around the countryside. Though wandering through a war zone, we managed to create and find beautiful moments of peace together. Unfortunately, last night in Afghanistan, a Sufi shrine in western Kabul became the site of a bloody sectarian attack, when several
assailants used guns (fixed with silencers) to murder six Sufis gathered together in prayer.