The story of women in Sufism is like a hidden tapestry—its threads often overlooked, yet essential to the fabric of Islamic mysticism. While Sufism has long celebrated divine love, transcendence, and ...

Unfortunately, in the present time, many Waqf properties in India are not being utilized according to the Mansha-e-Waqif ...

Mithiborwala said that no Muslim or any Indian approved of the torture and killing of Sambhaji Maharaj by the Mughal king.

In June 2022, after a murder in Udaipur related to an allegedly blasphemous social media post, intelligence agencies had named Pakistan's Dawat-E-Islami as a group collecting donations in India. The ...

Story continues below this ad BJP leaders say the idea behind this programme is to project Sufism as the essence of Indian Islam, and highlight its pluralist traditions such as instances of reverence ...

Today Muhyi al-Din Ibn Arabi is considered to be one of the most influential philosophers in the Islamic Sufi tradition. Almost eight centuries after his death, his ideas continue to influence ...

This has had little impact on Muslim voter preferences, but every bit counts during elections. Read more at straitstimes.com.

A New History from Muhammad to the Present’ (Princeton Univ., May), the historian chronicles the religion’s 1,400-year evolution through profiles of figures who showcase its diversity.

Shaksaaz, a tailor in the Kashmiri city of Srinagar, inherited his passion for local Sufi music from his grandfather along ...

Aurangzeb, who died in 1707 in Ahmednagar, was buried in Khuldabad as per his wishes, near the dargah of his spiritual guide, ...

has lauded Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s thoughts on Sufism, calling them “amazing” and emphasizing that a majority of Muslims support his leadership and vision for India’s progress. Chishti ...

Quite naturally, the speech at the Jahan-e-Khusrau would, therefore, be seen as an exercise in outreach to Muslims, especially followers of Sufi Islam. It also appears to be a nod to other ...