The Independent - London, February 23rd, 2000
FROM HIS tiny shop in Konya, in the midst of the desolate Turkish steppes, Hasan Huseyin claims he predicted last December's Venezuelan mudslides.
He says they were a punishment from God for the legalisation of homosexual marriage in the West. What made his words so shocking was that he had been quietly preaching tolerance for the past hour.
I had come to Konya in search of a dervish. You can watch the whirling dervishes in Istanbul, dressed in white robes symbolising shrouds and tall hats representing tombstones, whirling on the spot for hours, one arm outstretched to heaven, the other poin...
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