A Quest into Islamic Mysticism: Sufism, 10 photographs

Some fourteen years ago Bruno Hadjih embarked on a quest into Sufi Islam, a journey which began in his native country, Algeria, and continued throughout the Muslim world: from Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan, through Iran, Pakistan, India, Turkey, Egypt, and the Maghreb. In his encounter with the Sufis Hadjih discovered a different, tolerant and free-spirited Islam centered on the notion of love. Underlain by unconventional philosophy, Sufi worship is enacted via performative rituals whose exact nature varies from one order to another: chanting, playing music, dancing, whirling, ecstasy, repeating the name of Allah – all these are ways which ultimately lead the Sufi to unity with the Creator.