Sufi Basant Festival, organized by the Telangana Arts and Cultural Council, will be held in Hyderabad on January 23 from 6.30 ...

BIRZEIT, West Bank (AP) -- For most tourists, iconic religious landmarks like the Dome of the Rock, the Western Wall and the Church of the Nativity are an important part of any visit to the Holy Land.

Despite the popularity of Sufism, few books provide an overview of this mystical branch of Islam— a void Nasr, professor of Islamic Studies at George Washington University, fills nicely, albeit ...

BIRZEIT, West Bank — For most tourists, iconic religious landmarks like the Dome of the Rock, the Western Wall and the Church of the Nativity are an important part of any visit to the Holy Land. Now a ...

Re-envisioning the history of Sufi communities in Central Asia: continuity and adaptation in sources and social frameworks, 16th-20th centuries / Devin DeWeese -- Naqshband's lives: Sufi hagiography ...

Schwartz, a journalist and convert to Islam, offers Sufism, the mystical branch of Islam, as an aid to the United States’ efforts to fight extremism. He provides an incomparable history of Sufism, ...

For centuries, most African Muslims observed their faith according to Sufi practices. Syncretic, mystical, and emphasizing experiencing God, Sufism was well suited to thrive on a continent where ...

JUST FOUR MONTHS AGO, thousands of mourners thronged the Grand Mosque in Mecca for the funeral of a famous Sufi teacher. This was an extraordinary event, given the discrimination against all ...

Introduction -- Part I. The Saint: 1. Biography and Hagiography -- 2. Saintdom and Patronage -- Part II. The Successors: 3. Ilkhanid/Kartid Eras to the Timurid Age -- 4. Safavid/Mughal Eras to the ...