The circle of men falls silent. A string of prayer beads swings from the creased hand of a gray-bearded sheikh, all else is still. For an instant the circle seems to hold its breath. “Ya lateef, ya ...

Affan Yesvi is a Sufi scholar, columnist, and entrepreneur. As a descendant of the 11th-century Sufi saint, Khawaja Ahmed Yasawi - a mystic, poet, and founder of the Yasaviyya Sufi order in Central ...

The present lecture will serve as an introduction to the art and science of dhikr or “meditative remembrance” in Islamic mysticism or Sufism through a comparative lens. After opening with a survey of ...

There is no word in English to describe Sufis, so they have been called mystics, meaning people who have a mystery about them. Sufism is a movement within Islam that started in opposition to the ...

It’s March 24, the final Monday night of Ramadan, and Barzakh Cafe — a cozy venue in Crown Heights, Brooklyn — is packed for a qawwali, the Sufi devotional music tradition that originated in ...

It was a crisp morning last autumn, and, against the dramatic backdrop of the Caucasus Mountains, Georgia’s storied Pankisi Gorge seemed calm and sleepy. In the valley’s main village, Duisi, columns ...

Zen in stillness exercise at Heritage Court or Heritage Lounge ...