A walk through the old sections of Istanbul and one will inevitably...
Zara Choudhary on visiting the Companions (Sahaba) of Jordan Memory is a fickle thing; clear one minute, hazy or gone the next- but I remember the perfume clearly; a beautiful,...
Abu Ayyub on Aziz Mahmud Hüdayi, the Patron saint of Istanbul The...
As soon as I stepped out of the taxi I knew I...
The erudite spiritual master and saint Ibn Ata’illah, may God have mercy upon him, says in his Aphorisms (al-Hikam), “Let not an act of worship make you joyous because it...
One of the peculiar sensations seasoned wayfarers fail to mention, as you...
Friday prayers were about to begin; our taxi driver sped through the...
This is going to be the sort of messy opinion piece that I usually hate to read; it will present a problem, but offer no real solutions. And to make...
For centuries, the dargah (zawiya/tomb) of Moinuddin Chishti, otherwise known as Hazrat Khwaja Gharib Nawaz, has attracted rulers and lay-men alike. Both Muslims and non-Muslims, of all classes, have been known...
The cultural fabric of Kochi has been elegantly woven by the beauty...
Riding through the Kenyan countryside on the modern standard gauge railway one...
Each year in Rabi al-Awwal, the small island of Lamu plays host to a three day Maulid festival. Participants arrive from all over East Africa to take part in the...
Zara Choudhary on the history of Islam and Muslims in Vietnam and...
“Look! It’s Dino Merlin,” whispers the man beside me. A well groomed white...
A good word is like a good tree whose root is firmly fixed and whose top is in the sky. Qur’an 14:24 We arrived at midday; it was windy and...
An audio version of this article, complete with sound from the actual...
Mustafa Briggs on spiritual seclusion in The Gambia The small coastal town...
Upon entering the maqam of Sunan Gunung Jati in Cirebon, one dives into a sensory deluge. Shrine keepers wave you over, clasping your hand and your back with a hearty...
On the hills in and around Cape Town, you will find 300 year old Muslim graves belonging to notable individuals who arrived on the southern tip of the African continent in chains, as slaves or political prisoners of colonisers. They brought nothing with them, except faith in their hearts and the remembrance of God on their tongues.
Al-Hujeireh mosque sits quietly, nestled among its neighbours, seeking little attention. Walk...
Listen to the audio version of this article featuring audio extracts of the poems mentioned in the text: Podcast Ep 33 KHAYAL DIARIES | My Ancestral Past: Visiting the Gilanis in...
Sidi Bou Said: Tunisia’s Trendy Coffee Town & its Hidden Sufi Connection...
Muhammad Ayaz Ramjaun visits the sufi saints of Mauritius White sand beaches...
Listen to the audio version of this article featuring audio extracts of the poems mentioned in the text: Podcast Ep 32 KHAYAL DIARIES | Divine Love & Sufi Poetry of Punjab...
Asha Ahmad crouches around a symbolic green tomb of Ali Hamdon, one...
It was a blistering hot day right in the middle of the...
A journey through the Mauritanian wilderness to visit Murabit al-Hajj Night was upon us- that uncompromising, pitch-black type that enshrouds you in the desert. I sat in the back of...
This post deals with one of the questions we get asked most often: ...
Walking through the heart of the old city, one may find its...
Mohammed Khan on visiting Imam Jazuli and the 7 Saints of Marrakesh For many European Muslims, particularly from the UK, Marrakesh has become the destination of choice when looking to...
