Affan Yesvi is a Sufi scholar, columnist, and entrepreneur. As a descendant of the 11th-century Sufi saint, Khawaja Ahmed Yasawi - a mystic, poet, and founder of the Yasaviyya Sufi order in Central ...

Sufi Motiwala, a 21-year-old fashion commentator and content creator, is making headlines after a heated clash with rapper Raftaar on The Traitors. The Karan Johar-hosted show marks his OTT debut.

In 2014 I published a book entitled The Origins of Religious Violence: An Asian Perspective. In my research, I discovered that there was relatively little religiously motivated violence in ...

The core of Sufi way of life is the relationship one has with the divine. It rejects rigid doctrines, and experiences faith through music, poetry and reflection, making it one of the most inclusive ...

It’s March 24, the final Monday night of Ramadan, and Barzakh Cafe — a cozy venue in Crown Heights, Brooklyn — is packed for a qawwali, the Sufi devotional music tradition that originated in ...

For decades, Delhi has been the land of Sufi movement and served as a muse to Sufi luminaries like Hazrat Nizamuddin Auliya, Amir Khusrau, Mirza Ghalib, and Dara Shikoh. Celebrating this Sufi legacy, ...

With spring in his step and basant in Sunder Nursery’s air, Prime Minister Narendra Modi went lyrical at the Jahan-e-Khusrau Festival as he underscored the role of Sufi tradition in sustaining the ...

Sufism is defined as the knowledge of spiritual states (Ilm al-Haal), focusing on surrendering one's soul to Allah’s will, as highlighted by scholars like Imam Qushayri and Hazrat Junayd al-Baghdadi.

NORMATIVE Sufism is a genuine Islamic phenomenon as the Prophet Muhammad’s (PBUH) prophetic consciousness was founded upon very definite, vivid and powerful mystic experiences. From the inner unity of ...

The Musée d’Art et de Culture Soufis MTO, located on the outskirts of Paris, is the first museum exploring the art, heritage and spiritual traditions of Sufism, housed in a meticulously restored ...

BENGALURU: In a world that often feels fragmented, art serves as a bridge to something greater – a higher power of sorts. Few art forms encapsulate this transcendence better than Sufi music. Bengaluru ...