ByShare this storyn Islamic sohbet is a little like a jazz gig, and its current master in Turkey is an imam named Ahmet in Cassocks. The Arabic-rooted word means “conversation,” but for Sufis, a sohbet consists of a lonely cleric sitting behind a lectern, pontificating, often for hours, before an audience that listens in reverent silence. Ahmet in Cassocks, the John Coltrane of sohbet sessions, has no problem captivating his 856,000 YouTube followers with his free-spirited, experimental rants that consider practical concerns of modernity through the ancient teachings of Islam. In a throaty...…ByShare this storyn Islamic sohbet is a little like a jazz gig, and its current master in Turkey is an imam named Ahmet in Cassocks. The Arabic-rooted word means “conversation,” but for Sufis, a sohbet consists of a lonely cleric sitting behind a lectern, pontificating, often for hours, before an audience that listens in reverent silence. Ahmet in Cassocks, the John Coltrane of sohbet sessions, has no problem captivating his 856,000 YouTube followers with his free-spirited, experimental rants that consider practical concerns of modernity through the ancient teachings of Islam. In a throaty...WW…