Abu Ayyub on Aziz Mahmud Hüdayi, the Patron saint of Istanbul The...
As soon as I stepped out of the taxi I knew I...
One of the peculiar sensations seasoned wayfarers fail to mention, as you pack your bags in preparation for your journey to heaven-scented-sacred-lands, is what happens to you when you return...
For centuries, the dargah (zawiya/tomb) of Moinuddin Chishti, otherwise known as Hazrat Khwaja...
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Muhammad Ayaz Ramjaun visits the sufi saints of Mauritius White sand beaches...
The erudite spiritual master and saint Ibn Ata’illah, may God have mercy...
It was a blistering hot day right in the middle of the Mauritanian Sahara desert, and my friends and I were heading towards a small village, embarking on what felt...
Asha Ahmad crouches around a symbolic green tomb of Ali Hamdon, one...
Zara Choudhary on the history of Islam and Muslims in Vietnam and...
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...
Mustafa Briggs on spiritual seclusion in The Gambia The small coastal town...
Listen to the audio version of this article featuring audio extracts of...
“Look! It’s Dino Merlin,” whispers the man beside me. A well groomed white man in his early 50s wanders into Sarajevo’s Gazi Huzrev Beg Mosque courtyard and half sits, half leans against...
Friday prayers were about to begin; our taxi driver sped through the...
Sidi Bou Said: Tunisia’s Trendy Coffee Town & its Hidden Sufi Connection...
The cultural fabric of Kochi has been elegantly woven by the beauty of Islam. Known as the ‘Princess of the Arabian Sea’, the city is a well known tourist hotspot...
Upon entering the maqam of Sunan Gunung Jati in Cirebon, one dives...
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...
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,...
Riding through the Kenyan countryside on the modern standard gauge railway one...
Walking through the heart of the old city, one may find its...
A walk through the old sections of Istanbul and one will inevitably come across many graves and mausoleums. For the keen-eyed, it will be a journey through Islamic history, a...
A journey through the Mauritanian wilderness to visit Murabit al-Hajj Night was...
Mohammed Khan on visiting Imam Jazuli and the 7 Saints of Marrakesh...
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...
This post deals with one of the questions we get asked most often: ...
An audio version of this article, complete with sound from the actual visit, can be found here: KHAYAL DIARIES | Adam’s Peak: In Search of a Prophet The Toyota Hiace...
