The cultural fabric of Kochi has been elegantly woven by the beauty...
A journey through the Mauritanian wilderness to visit Murabit al-Hajj Night was...
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 visiting the Companions (Sahaba) of Jordan Memory is a...
It was a blistering hot day right in the middle of the...
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...
Mohammed Khan on visiting Imam Jazuli and the 7 Saints of Marrakesh...
Asha Ahmad crouches around a symbolic green tomb of Ali Hamdon, one...
Walking through the heart of the old city, one may find its cobblestoned streets lead them to a compound accentuated by a gleaming white wall and a tall graceful tree...
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In the days leading up to my departure from my hometown in England I was nervous, especially when everyone I said farewell to kept reminding me of this ‘opportunity of a lifetime’....
One of the peculiar sensations seasoned wayfarers fail to mention, as you...
“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...
Riding through the Kenyan countryside on the modern standard gauge railway 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.
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The erudite spiritual master and saint Ibn Ata’illah, may God have mercy...
Zara Choudhary on the history of Islam and Muslims in Vietnam and visiting as a Muslim traveller There it stood, where I least expected it. Perhaps not the most aesthetically...
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Muhammad Ayaz Ramjaun visits the sufi saints of Mauritius White sand beaches...
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...
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...
Sidi Bou Said: Tunisia’s Trendy Coffee Town & its Hidden Sufi Connection...
For centuries, the dargah (zawiya/tomb) of Moinuddin Chishti, otherwise known as Hazrat Khwaja...
Mustafa Briggs on spiritual seclusion in The Gambia The small coastal town of Gunjur lies just an hour away from The Gambian capital Banjul. After a few minutes spent driving...
Abu Ayyub on Aziz Mahmud Hüdayi, the Patron saint of Istanbul The...
Al-Hujeireh mosque sits quietly, nestled among its neighbours, seeking little attention. Walk...
This post deals with one of the questions we get asked most often: how do I visit the Blessed Tree? For more information about the historical significance of the Tree, read...
