3 pillars of tradition: Defining who qualifies as a Sufi
by Sultan Adanır Mar 13, 2026 – 12:35 pm GMT+3 Among the many prominent Sufis he identifies, Farid ud-Din Attar includes three renowned Islamic jurists: Imam Abu Hanifah (d. 767), […]
Eid Milad-un-Nabi Celebrations: History and traditions in the Sufi and Barelvi communities
SECTIONS ET Online Last Updated: Sep 28, 2023 Muslims following the Sufi or Barelvi school of thought are celebrating Eid Milad-un-Nabi, the birth anniversary of Prophet Muhammad. This celebration takes […]
Remembering Rumi: How he inspired the East and the West
BY AMIR SÜLEYMAN SEP 30, 2021 – DAILY SABAH Whirling Dervishes take part in a Sama ceremony marking the anniversary of the death of Mevlana Jalaluddin Rumi, Istanbul, Turkey, Dec. […]
Ata Zholy: Crackdown on a Kazakh Islamic Religious Movement in Russia
08/16/2022MASSIMO INTROVIGNEA+ | A- Falsely qualified as “pagan” by anti-cultists, the group was born from popular Islam and mediums who claimed to channel Sufi saints. by Massimo Introvigne After Allya Ayat, another new […]
Sufism: Where otherness does not exist
BY MAHMUD EROL KILIÇ APR 06, 2022 – DAILY SABAH Illustrations by Shutterstock – edited by Büşra Öztürk. When looking through the lens of the concept of absolute unity within […]
Afghanistan: The escape of the whirling dancer
https://www.bbc.com/news/av-embeds/58602631 The only female whirling dancer in Afghanistan was due to kick off her biggest tour around the country. Then the Taliban took over. The Taliban sees Sufi whirling dervishes as against Islamic law. Fahima Mirzaei had no choice but to run. This is the story of her escape. This […]
Is Sufism an alternative to political Islam?
Source: The Arab Weekly By Hisham al-Najjar Is Sufism an alternative to political Islam? The Sufi current should not have political wings that would represent it, as was the case with […]
US Slams Pakistan’s Treatment of Religious Minorities
August 26, 2019 United Nations: The US has criticized the “persecution” of religious minorities in Pakistan by both the government and terrorists. The US Ambassador at Large for International […]
Sinai tribes vow to eliminate extremist militancy after Friday mosque massacre
We only have death for IS militants, not trials or prisons: say Sinai tribes Taha Sakr November 26, 2017 3:03 pm Following the attack on the al-Rawda mosque in the […]
Sufis well-rooted in al-Rawda, but is there an all-out war on them?
People gather at al-Rawda Mosque in Bir al-Abd northern Sinai, Egypt a day after attackers killed hundreds of worshippers.. (AP) Staff writer, Al Arabiya English Sunday, 26 November 2017 Al-Rawda […]
Life of Ibn Arabi, Sufi and Savant
Shaikh al-Akbar Ibn ‘Arabi Sufi and Savant (1165-1240) ——————————————————————————————————- By Zakaria Virk, Toronto Canada Mohyi al-Din Ibn Arabi was a renowned mystic, poet, sage, and philosopher of Islamic Spain. During his lifetime he was acknowledged as one of the most important spiritual teachers within Sufism. He was renowned for his […]
Tormenting the Souls of Religious Arabs: ‘Arab Spring’ Degrades into Sectarian Counterrevolution
By Nicola Nasser PALESTINE NEWS NETWORK The blind sectarian rampage, which has been waging a war on worship mosques, churches and religious shrines have become a modern Arab trade mark phenomenon, since what the western media called from the start the “Arab Spring” overwhelmed the Arab streets. The sectarian rampage […]
Oct.22: International Sufi Festival in India
Pakistani whirling dervish dancers from Shah Hussains Mazaar perform during the 2012 International Sufi Festival in Amritsar, India on Oct. 21, 2012. Participants from various countries including Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Maldives, […]