In a whirl

Michael Langford reports on a recent ‘Meeting for Worship for Whirling’ at Peterborough Meeting

by Michael Langford 8th March 2013

‘I see it as a means of connecting oneself to the divine’ said Ghazala Bhatti, when asked to describe in a nutshell, the meaning and purpose of Sufi whirling.  Friends in Peterborough first came into contact with local Sufis when Ghazala and her late sister Raana took part in a ‘celebration of universal love’ in the Meeting house as part of Quakers’ national celebration of the millennium. The event brought together various local groups that had spirituality at the heart of their worship. Ghazala and Raana contributed Sufi music, dancing and poems.