In the early 13th century, Hazrat Amir Khusrau the legendary poet, composer, inventor, linguist, historian and scholar, wrote Qissa-ye Chahār Darvēsh (The Tale of Four Dervishes), known as Bāgh-o ...

Bangladesh’s interim government’s outreach to Pakistan is of concern to India. But Dhaka’s ties with the two countries are ...

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Dharmarajika Buddhist Monastery in Dhaka provides free meals during Ramadan, promoting interfaith harmony in Bangladesh.

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Amid a string of terrorist attacks in recent years, Russia has ramped up the crackdown on Batal Hajji, an Islamic sufi order ...

Aurangzeb's grave and the circumstances of his death hold many lessons for those interested in learning from history. We ...

Mumbai: As Muslims comply with the obligatory duty of paying Zakat, the 2.5% of wealth that has to be given in charity annually during Ramadan, a Sufi group has stirred a debate by asking people ...

Heritage Music of the Arab World' is a series by Ahram Online, in partnership with the AMAR Foundation (Foundation For Arab Music Archiving and Research). In this article, we explore the life of Hajja ...

The long war drained the Mughal treasury and weakened the empire. Before his death, Aurangzeb expressed his wish to be buried in Khuldabad, Maharashtra, near the dargah of Sufi saint Sheikh Zainuddin, ...

He was buried in a grave located within the Chishti Sufi shrine of Zaynuddin Shirazi. "They should carry this sinner drenched in sins to the neighborhood of the holy Chishti tomb of the revered leader ...