Dr H.A. Hellyer is senior non-resident fellow at the Atlantic Council and the Royal United Services Institute, and Professor at the Centre for Advanced Study of Islam, Science and Civilisation. Sufism ...

Kosovo dervishes, adepts of Sufism — a mystical form of Islam that preaches tolerance and a search for understanding — meet in a prayer room in the city of PrizrenArmend Nimani / AFP / Getty In recent ...

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Sufism, the mystical path within Islam, like other inner traditions such as Yoga and Kabbalah, has both an element of philosophical esotericism and a dimension of practice that can more easily be ...

Lawyer Farshid Yadollahi was 18 years old when he had a spiritual dream that led him on a search for the truth and resulted in his becoming a Sufi. Seventeen years later, Yadollahi says that whatever ...

Qawwali was introduced to the world in the thirteenth century, but qawwali gained worldwide prominence in the twentieth century because famous Qawwals such as Ustad Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, Sabri ...

Sufism is mystical and ascetic form of Islam practiced by tens of millions of Muslims. But radical Islamists have taken to targeting Sufis in brutal attacks, such as the recent massacre in Egypt. A ...

Beyond its tech corridors and fast-paced life, there exists a Bengaluru steeped in spiritual history. Among the many ...

AR Rahman, born Dileep Kumar Rajagopala, embraced Sufism after studying various religions. He found a spiritual path in Sufism, describing it as a process of self-reflection and shedding ego. Rahman ...