Fasting is half the prayer, the other half is patience,” said Hazrat Nizamuddin Auliya (1238–1325), the revered Sufi saint.

Many people turn to the music for spiritual guidance, or seeking an escape from the region’s long periods of street battles, ...

Amid a string of terrorist attacks in recent years, Russia has ramped up the crackdown on Batal Hajji, an Islamic sufi order ...

Many people turn to the music for spiritual guidance ... For decades, cassette players have carried the soul-stirring poetry of Sufi saints and the mystical melodies of Kashmiri instruments ...

Many people turn to the music for spiritual guidance ... For decades, cassette players have carried the soul-stirring poetry of Sufi saints and the mystical melodies of Kashmiri instruments ...