Converging Wisdom: The Lost Tradition of Truth Seeking in Islam
4 min readApr 19, 2020
History is replete with figures who got persecuted, even assassinated, for speaking of love and transcendence. There seems to be eternal conflict between the pursuit of truth and the pursuit of power, a conflict that is at the roots of many religions, including Islam.
After the Prophet Muhammad passed away, his followers split in two groups: those who…