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Religious Ecstasy
The Sufis of India believe that the path to God is paved with love. John Stanmeyer documents a different kind of Islam

The Real Islam
A tale of two opposing visions of Islamic afterlife—one mystical, the other orthodox—in eternal conflict

Misty Mountain Hop
The tiny Himalayan kingdom of Bhutan is as beautiful as it is remote, but its first ultra-deluxe resort could open the country to a new kind of traveler

JOHN STANMEYER—VII

THANKSGIVING ALMS: Beggars reach up for free food give to them by a Sufi pilgrim. The man was giving thanks that his prayer had come true by offering food to the poor who wait all day and night for such offerings on the grounds of the Hazrat Inayat Khan Shrine located in the Nizamuddin area of New Delhi

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FROM THE JULY 26 — AUGUST 2, 2004 ISSUE OF TIME MAGAZINE; POSTED MONDAY, JULY 19, 2004