Writer and poet Saumya Kulshrestha launched Delhi’s Sufi Heritage Festival by reciting a verse from Amrita Pritam’s poignant ...

A New History from Muhammad to the Present’ (Princeton Univ., May), the historian chronicles the religion’s 1,400-year evolution through profiles of figures who showcase its diversity.

A video of an attack on a Sufi shrine in Bangladesh is viral with the false claim that the incident took place at a Hindu temple in West Bengal. BOOM found that the video is from Bangladesh’s Dinajpur ...

This year, Nowruz will be celebrated on March 20, 2025, and it offers an excellent opportunity to explore the history, significance, importance, and rituals associated with this joyous occasion.

The last powerful Mughal emperor is buried in a once-unmarked grave in Khuldabad, a Sufi centre near the Ellora caves ... from every pan-Indian religion. Buddhism, Hinduism, Jainism, and Islam all ...

The human rights of religious minorities and others who do not conform to the interpretation of Islam prescribed by the Taliban are under serious threat.

The event is called Code & Cosmos, and its underlying thesis is that the fields of science and technology, once considered diametrically opposed to religion and spirituality, might converge with ...

For many indigenous cultures, the spring equinox marks the beginning of the new year. Rituals performed on this day often honor the four elements: earth, water, air, and fire. Here are ways to ...

cassette players have carried the soul-stirring poetry of Sufi saints and the mystical melodies of Kashmiri instruments like the sarangi and santoor, and it’s long been a local ritual for ...

(AP Photo/Dar Yasin) Kashmiri men listen Sufi songs on a tape recorder during a Sufi gathering in the outskirts of Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, Thursday, Feb. 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Dar Yasin) A ...

SRINAGAR, India (AP) — Farooq Ahmad Shaksaaz presses a button on his 1970 Sharp cassette player, and with a hefty clack the machine whirrs to life. As the Kashmiri tailor stitches, the machine ...