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TEL AVIV -- In a warehouse district not far from central Tel Aviv, in an anonymous, quasi-industrial zone, a zikr - an Islamic Sufi prayer ritual - unfolds. But most are from the tribe of Isaac - they are Israeli Jews. Between lectures in Hebrew on the connection between Jewish and Muslim mysticisms, they join together in chanting Wa la illaha illallah - "from God we come and to God we return." Then, this mainly Jewish group recites the 99 names of Allah in surprisingly good Arabic: al Rahim, (the Merciful), al Aziz (the Almighty), al Hadi (the Guide) ... A skylight reveals a night sky full of stars and the chants seem to rise up and out of the room. |
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