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Will jihadist groups allow sacred masks to journey from village to village over Sigui's seven-year ritual cycle ... Timbuktu's manuscripts or the destruction of Sufi shrines?

Imam of Fatehpuri Masjid announced the sighting of the moon on Sunday evening and said Eid-ul-Fitr will be celebrated on ...

The formidable fortifications watched centuries go by. The remains are reminders and relics of the city’s many pasts.

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Its grandeur is enriched by the intangibles: the aroma of Mughal food cooked by basti women, the rhythmic songs of Sufi saints ... such as traditions, rituals, and expressions—interact with ...

Hermis / Alamy Stock Photo It is said that Man Pa ... the ordination hall, consecrated for ritual ceremonies such as the upasampada, the undertaking of an ascetic life in the manner of the ...

(Photo: Daoud Riffi / Facebook ... and marital relations from dawn to sunset. According to the Sufi scholar Sarrâj (who died in 988), this allows a sincere faster to participate in God's ...

Will jihadist groups allow sacred masks to journey from village to village over Sigui’s seven-year ritual cycle? Or will Sigui become ... of Timbuktu’s manuscripts or the destruction of Sufi shrines?