“Look! It’s Dino Merlin,” whispers the man beside me. A well groomed white...
Mohammed Khan on visiting Imam Jazuli and the 7 Saints of Marrakesh...
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...
Sidi Bou Said: Tunisia’s Trendy Coffee Town & its Hidden Sufi Connection...
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.
Friday prayers were about to begin; our taxi driver sped through the...
This is going to be the sort of messy opinion piece that...
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...
One of the peculiar sensations seasoned wayfarers fail to mention, as you...
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...
Zara Choudhary on the history of Islam and Muslims in Vietnam and...
As soon as I stepped out of the taxi I knew I...
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...
Abu Ayyub on Aziz Mahmud Hüdayi, the Patron saint of Istanbul The...
Walking through the heart of the old city, one may find its...
Al-Hujeireh mosque sits quietly, nestled among its neighbours, seeking little attention. Walk through its outer doors and you find yourself in an outdoor enclosure, with plain white limestone walls and...
Listen to the audio version of this article featuring audio extracts of...
Listen to the audio version of this article featuring audio extracts of...
Asha Ahmad crouches around a symbolic green tomb of Ali Hamdon, one of the Islamic scholars who arrived in the Ethiopian city of Harar from South Arabia in the 12th...
For centuries, the dargah (zawiya/tomb) of Moinuddin Chishti, otherwise known as Hazrat Khwaja...
A journey through the Mauritanian wilderness to visit Murabit al-Hajj Night was...
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’....
Zara Choudhary on visiting the Companions (Sahaba) of Jordan Memory is a...
This post deals with one of the questions we get asked most often: ...
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...
Muhammad Ayaz Ramjaun visits the sufi saints of Mauritius White sand beaches...
Mustafa Briggs on spiritual seclusion in The Gambia The small coastal town...
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...
Each year in Rabi al-Awwal, the small island of Lamu plays host...
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...
