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 ...

KOZHIKODE: Sunni scholars are cautioning believers against certain Sufi orders that they claim stand against the basic tenets of Islam and are spreading un-Islamic ideas in the name of Sufism. The ...

(ANALYSIS) Two years ago, I found myself inside the Qadiriya Boutchichiyya zawiya (Sufi lodge) in Madagh, located in northern Morocco, not as a journalist but as a spiritual seeker. The dhikr ...

The question addressed in this article explores the intersection of theology and mysticism in Judaism and Islam. All religions have mystical elements in every aspect of religious life, from the ...

Islam spread across the globe precisely because it was both faithful to revelation and adaptable to culture and time. To deny this adaptability is to deny centuries of Islamic creativity: in law, ...

Sufi masters have instructed that it is advisable to busy the self with something worth doing. If not, the self shall busy you with something not worth your time. The profound wisdom of these words ...

In the Rajbari district of western Bangladesh, a group of radical Islamists identifying themselves as the "monotheistic mass" stormed the shrine of Nura Pagla, a Sufi mystic who passed away nearly two ...

Social media influencer Sufi Motiwala gained recognition as a contestant on Karan Johar's reality series The Traitors, which streamed on Amazon Prime. The show featured a mix of celebrities from ...

Apoorva Mukhija and Sufi Motiwala became friends on the reality show The Traitors, and they even collaborated on a storytime video on her YouTube channel. However, many noticed that Sufi did not ...

When it comes to books, I have a few hot buttons. For example, if I come across a book about stories and/or storytelling, I will snatch it up immediately. If a book is set in Afghanistan and its ...