The Sufi dance originates from the Mevlevi Order in Konya, Turkey, founded by the followers of Jalaluddin Rumi. A ...

which is different from Sufism. In April 2022, 33 people, including children, were killed in an explosion that targeted a Sufi mosque during Friday prayers in Kunduz province. The number of bomb ...

A simple answer would be that it could be you or me, if we so desire. Some state that sufism is the inner core of the teachings of Prophet Muhammad, whereas others hold that the practice emerged ...

Ajmer Sharif Dargah has been hitting the headlines. What is the history and architecture of the this dargah? Also, go beyond ...

In the early days of Sufism, practitioners faced a dilemma: to practice and defend sama` was to assert the supremacy of the love relationship over all other religious obligations. At the same time, as ...

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Denise Lucy, the founder and executive director of the Institute of Leadership Studies at San Rafael’s Dominican University, ...

Milad Milani, University of Sydney and the University of Western Sydney, Australia Sufism formed one of the cultures of resistance which has existed in the social fabric of Persia since antiquity.

The Punjab Auqaf Department has announced its plans to host a four-day Sufi Festival at the beginning of 2025, aimed at promoting peace, ...

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