Despite their small number, the Bektashis are set to form the world’s newest country — a first-of-its-kind Islamic microstate ...

Saks Afridi, “Dil-Machina 2” (2024), mixed-media sculpture (photo courtesy the artist ... interconnection of histories, poetry, and rituals. As Sufi traditions find new life in urban cafes ...

The protests that have swept across Turkey in recent weeks were triggered by the jailing of Istanbul’s elected mayor and ...

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 ...

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 ...

(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 ...

In many Swedes’ lives, religion and the church are most visible when traditional rituals or ceremonies are performed ... Ahmadiyya and various Sufi branches. There are some purpose-built mosques in ...

The holy month of Ramadan was typically high season for thousands of devotees flocking from Alexandria and other governorates to visit the shrines of Sufi saints in quest of blessings in a ritual ...

Also called the Sacrifice Festival, the Corban Festival is the second of the two main festivals Muslims celebrate alongside ...

Glorious and awe-inspiring Sufi rituals are associated with Thursday evenings. The reverence transcends borders, uniting seekers worldwide through shared rituals and practices that emphasize ...

The Punjab government has declared a public holiday in Lahore on April 12, 2025, to mark the annual Urs of Hazrat Shah ...