The Importance of Persian Sufism

Persia was made Muslim via an Arab invasion that was nothing less than a genocide. The attitude towards the Arab overlords is something that has become deeply woven into Persian culture. They are attracted to a mystical interpretation of Islam precisely because they are trying to find a form of liberation from an oppressive Arab, right, empire. And this deeply has an impact on Corbyn. He's really taken up by this and how that Persian Sufism has a much more flexible relationship to Islam than you might think of when you think of Iran today in the world.