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30 Verses from Holy Quran that proves the death of Isa (as)

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Book : Among the Dervishes


This is a book by Omar Michael Burke that has a chapter about a small community in Heerat, Afghanistan that follow both Christian and Muslim tradition. He writes:
“There must be about a thousand of these Christians. Their chief is the Abba Yahiyya (Father John), who can recite the succession of teachers through nearly sixty generations to- Isa, son of Mary, of ‘Nazara’, the Kashmiri.”
Sunday Telegraph wrote about the book:
“Mr. Burke, an accomplished travel-writer, has had rare opportunities to spend time with Dervish communities in the Middle and Near East, which work towards ‘the perfectability of man’ … Mr. Burke’s vigorous book opens horizons that cause the mind to soar.” To read a part of the book go to:
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