The Waqf Board, which has been in the news in recent days, is the third-largest landowner in India and owns approximately 872 ...

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 ...

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

Dar Yasin The Associated Press Kashmiri men listen to Sufi songs on a tape recorder during a Sufi gathering in the outskirts of Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir. Dar Yasin The Associated Press Old ...

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 MDP, which was founded in 2009 in response to the rising political influence of other Muslim sects, goes by the slogan: “Jo Sufi santo ki baat karega, woh hee Bharat par raj karega,” (He who ...

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 ...