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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

ON THE ROAD: Ghiyasuddin and Rafiuddin families of Hyderabad, India, arrive in Ajmer. The two families traveled by train for 42 hours from Hyderabad to Ajmer on their first stage of a 10-day Sufi shrine tour through northern India

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