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 ...

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

We had a huge library of books, music and all kinds of poetry. Dad was Sufi by heritage. Though he never embraced it, he was very liberal and spiritual in his understanding of Islam. I owe my liberal ...

The human rights of religious minorities and others who do not conform to the interpretation of Islam prescribed by the ...

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

In a desert town in Pakistan, Hindus prepare meals for fasting Muslims, who in turn gather to welcome a Holi procession, a ...

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 ...

NPR readers of different belief systems share the poignant rituals that make them feel close to their spirituality. For some, ...

The Kartarpur Corridor, hailed as a "Corridor of Hope" by UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, has emerged as a powerful ...

Shaksaaz, a tailor in the Kashmiri city of Srinagar, inherited his passion for local Sufi music from his grandfather along with a meticulously preserved collection of audio cassette tapes from the ...