Around me, bodies pressed together. Sweat mixed with tears as the chant intensified: "Allah... Allah..." What I experienced ...
DHAKA, Bangladesh — The shrine of Nura Pagla, once crowded day and night with devotees, now stands eerily deserted. For more ...
This much is clear: Kano State authorities in northern Nigeria accused the Sufi Muslim singer Yahaya Sharif-Aminu of circulating social media messages containing lyrics they said attacked the Prophet ...
The Sufi Islamic Board has strongly condemned the terror attack near Delhi’s Red Fort Metro Station, calling for unity and ...
BARZANJA, IRAQ - The dervishes swayed with the drumbeat, flinging their long hair and chanting "Allah, Allah." Nearby others were showing, as one put it, their "passion for God": one drove a skewer ...
In recent years, the dominant image of islam in the minds of many Westerners has been one loaded with violence and shrouded with fear. The figures commanding global attention — be they al-Qaeda’s ...
KONYA, Turkey — Each year, thousands of people travel to the Turkish city of Konya to attend a weeklong series of events and ceremonies that mark the death of the 13th-century Islamic poet, scholar ...
"The essays were originally presented on May 12-14, 2004, at the international conference Towards a theory for religion as art : Guadalupe, Orishas, and Sufi"--P. 2. Contents Guadalupe and the ...
At least 10 people killed in Afghanistan as gunman opens fire at Sufi shrine - Gunman reportedly opened fire on Sufis ...