By Mehleen Syed The story of women in Sufism is like a hidden tapestry—its threads often overlooked, yet essential to the ...

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

"Within Our spiritual heart there is a direct connection to God." According to the New Oxford American Dictionary, "Sufism is the esoteric dimension of the Islamic faith, the spiritual path to ...

1. Sufism, the mystical aspect of Islam, emerged between the 7th and 10th centuries as a counterweight to the orthodoxy of the clergy, and the increasing worldliness of the ummah. Islamic texts refer ...

Free will prevents us from becoming angels, while our earthly nature demands humility and submission, making us distinct from Satan. The 13th-century Islamic poet, scholar and Sufi mystic Mevlana ...

Khan was the daughter of a Sufi mystic and a poet, born in London and raised in Paris. Returning to London during the war, she volunteered for the intelligence services. Testimony from her brother ...