As militant Islam does its level best to discredit the religion, it's important to remember that there are other voices within the faith. One such is the Sufis, the Islamic mystics who live islam (submission), iman (faith) and ishan (awareness of G-d, "to act beautifully").
The 11th century Persian scholar Hujwiri tells this story:
Once Ibrahim Adhem saw a stone on which was written: "Turn me over and read."I actually selected this quote over a week ago from Fadiman & Frager's "Essential Sufism". No idea it would prove so relevant.On the other side, he read: "You do not practice what you know. Why, then, do you seek what you know not?"
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