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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...
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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,...
Friday prayers were about to begin; our taxi driver sped through the...
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...
Al-Hujeireh mosque sits quietly, nestled among its neighbours, seeking little attention. Walk...
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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...
Zirrar Ali on his search for the tomb of Imam Ghazali بِسْمِ...
Riding through the Kenyan countryside on the modern standard gauge railway one...
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...
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A journey through the Mauritanian wilderness to visit Murabit al-Hajj Night was upon us- that uncompromising, pitch-black type that enshrouds you in the desert. I sat in the back of...
“Look! It’s Dino Merlin,” whispers the man beside me. A well groomed white...
A good word is like a good tree whose root is firmly...
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...
The erudite spiritual master and saint Ibn Ata’illah, may God have mercy...
Mohammed Khan on visiting Imam Jazuli and the 7 Saints of Marrakesh...
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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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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Muhammad Ayaz Ramjaun visits the sufi saints of Mauritius White sand beaches...
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’....
The cultural fabric of Kochi has been elegantly woven by the beauty...
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Shiraz, the sweetest of songs, it is the start, centre and end of every poetic pronunciation to come out of Iran. A song to disturb the conscious but calm the...