Riding through the Kenyan countryside on the modern standard gauge railway one...
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...
Upon entering the maqam of Sunan Gunung Jati in Cirebon, one dives...
Zara Choudhary on the history of Islam and Muslims in Vietnam and...
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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...
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“Look! It’s Dino Merlin,” whispers the man beside me. A well groomed white...
Asha Ahmad crouches around a symbolic green tomb of Ali Hamdon, one...
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.
Sidi Bou Said: Tunisia’s Trendy Coffee Town & its Hidden Sufi Connection...
Abu Ayyub on Aziz Mahmud Hüdayi, the Patron saint of Istanbul The...
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...
Listen to the audio version of this article featuring audio extracts of...
Each year in Rabi al-Awwal, the small island of Lamu plays host...
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...
Walking through the heart of the old city, one may find its...
A journey through the Mauritanian wilderness to visit Murabit al-Hajj Night was...
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...
Mohammed Khan on visiting Imam Jazuli and the 7 Saints of Marrakesh...
As soon as I stepped out of the taxi I knew I had chosen the wrong time of day. Without a cloud in the sky, the sun was beating down...
Friday prayers were about to begin; our taxi driver sped through the...
This post deals with one of the questions we get asked most often: ...
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...
Muhammad Ayaz Ramjaun visits the sufi saints of Mauritius White sand beaches...
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...
One of the peculiar sensations seasoned wayfarers fail to mention, as you...
Mustafa Briggs on spiritual seclusion in The Gambia The small coastal town...
Zara Choudhary on 7 places to visit in Fes, especially as a Muslim traveller. At more than a thousand years old, Fes is often considered the spiritual heartland of Morocco. The...
