I Don't See Rumi as Detached From the Islamic Context at All.

I don't see rumi as detached from the islamic context at all. In fact, i see his work as utterly and completely immersed in that tradition. It would be hard to read a single rasel or mesnavi without finding quite a few allusions to coronic verses... He subverts a lot of things but he does not step outside of it. Let me give you an example. You know that in his discourses, i try not to use the word sermons, because sermon brings such specific connotations as probably not there. But the discourses are when roome is sitting am in a local mosque and a local gathering, talking to people. It's very