Mustafa Briggs on spiritual seclusion in The Gambia The small coastal town...
Abu Ayyub on Aziz Mahmud Hüdayi, the Patron saint of Istanbul The...
Sidi Bou Said: Tunisia’s Trendy Coffee Town & its Hidden Sufi Connection Droves of men, in traditional Tunisian garb, flooded the entrances of a café from every direction, beads in...
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Shiraz, the sweetest of songs, it is the start, centre and end...
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...
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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...
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 For many European Muslims, particularly from the UK, Marrakesh has become the destination of choice when looking to...
One of the peculiar sensations seasoned wayfarers fail to mention, as you...
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“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...
Zirrar Ali on his search for the tomb of Imam Ghazali بِسْمِ...
Zara Choudhary on visiting the Companions (Sahaba) of Jordan Memory is a...
Muhammad Ayaz Ramjaun visits the sufi saints of Mauritius White sand beaches and clear-blue sea; underwater waterfall illusions, tropical weather; these are the things that Mauritius is best known for....
Al-Hujeireh mosque sits quietly, nestled among its neighbours, seeking little attention. Walk...
Friday prayers were about to begin; our taxi driver sped through 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...
Walking through the heart of the old city, one may find its...
A walk through the old sections of Istanbul and one will inevitably...
Ramadan is the month of fasting, worship and Qur’an. It is a time to recalibrate the heart and redirect one’s focus towards Him ﷻ by abstaining from food and drink,...
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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...
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Zara Choudhary on the history of Islam and Muslims in Vietnam and...
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Each year in Rabi al-Awwal, the small island of Lamu plays host...
Riding through the Kenyan countryside on the modern standard gauge railway one comes across a peculiar sight. Not very far from the largest national park in the country, the ominously...
