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26. I saw a whirling dervish display at school in England

Tue Feb 25, 2020, 07:58 PM

Feb 2020

........it was creepy beyond belief. My dad had to call the school to find out why I was so spooked.

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Whirling through life: Reflections of a female whirling dervish [View all] guillaumeb Feb 2020 OP

Love those lyrics. calimary Feb 2020 #1

The parallels are interesting. guillaumeb Feb 2020 #4

Fascinating, thank you for posting! n/t TygrBright Feb 2020 #2

You are welcome. eom guillaumeb Feb 2020 #5

So many ways to pray. guillaumeb Feb 2020 #6

Some Muslims think it's heretical for a woman to do this. trotsky Feb 2020 #7

Imagine if this hijab wearing woman was a Uighur living in China. guillaumeb Feb 2020 #11

Or an atheist in Saudi Arabia edhopper Feb 2020 #12

Intolerance is not fun. guillaumeb Feb 2020 #13

#whataboutism n/t trotsky Feb 2020 #14

Irony 101. eom guillaumeb Feb 2020 #15

Wait, so it's OK for you to do it if you claim others do? trotsky Feb 2020 #16

Diversion 101. guillaumeb Feb 2020 #17

Correct, your post #11 above was a great example of diversion. trotsky Feb 2020 #20

That's how we felt when we went on edhopper Feb 2020 #8

Nice. guillaumeb Feb 2020 #9

why not edhopper Feb 2020 #10

Meditation can affect the body as well. guillaumeb Feb 2020 #18

I didn't say they weren't worthwhile edhopper Feb 2020 #19

Understood. eom guillaumeb Feb 2020 #21

I think this, chanting, meditation edhopper Feb 2020 #22

Exercise can be as well. guillaumeb Feb 2020 #23

Very true. edhopper Feb 2020 #24

I try to exercise my brain here at DU. guillaumeb Feb 2020 #25

LOL edhopper Feb 2020 #27

I saw a whirling dervish display at school in England Skittles Feb 2020 #26

Why did it bother you? eom guillaumeb Feb 2020 #28

different way of looking at things Skittles Feb 2020 #29

interesting Skittles Feb 2020 #31