Devotees and common people have described the move as direct interference in age-old faith practices that have been carried ...

The Fez Festival of Sufi Culture and World Wisdom will return from Oct. 17-24 under the theme Mystical Poetry, an Elixir of ...

According to the latest official census of Chile, over 10,000 Muslims live in various parts of the country.

We live in an age with zero patience for uncertainty. We have answers for everything, almost magically. And somehow, we still ...

ANBAR — On Monday and Thursday evenings, followers of the Qadiri order gather at a takya, or Sufi lodge, in Fallujah’s Mukhtar neighborhood for dhikr — collective remembrance of God, sung with ...

How should Islam be approached: through the juridical-legal tradition or through the mystical tradition? Mainstream Islamic scholarship generally regards the various expressions of Islam as ...

Sydney-based poet and community figure Abbas Raza Alvi reflects on how Sufi poetry and the message of Muharram promote love, respect, justice and compassion that can bring diverse communities closer ...

In the last two months, at least two Sufi shrines have come under attack by Islamist mobs in Bangladesh. The first was on April 11, when a Pir (spiritual leader) was beaten to death by a mob of around ...

If I am bad, I may be forgiven on their behalf. — Hazrat Nizamuddin Auliya, quoted in Fawa’id-ul-Fu’ad Constant vigil on moral conduct and seeking forgiveness from God are critical features of Sufism.

ANBAR — Sufi lodges in Rawa city have been drawing large crowds as Ramadan draws to a close, with followers gathering at the Sheikh Rajab al-Rifa’i lodge in northern Anbar for dhikr rituals, drumming ...