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Mohammed Khan on visiting Imam Jazuli and the 7 Saints of Marrakesh...
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Al-Hujeireh mosque sits quietly, nestled among its neighbours, seeking little attention. Walk...
The Muslim Traveller’s Guide to Japan. For Muslims visiting Japan, and those interested...
Zara Choudhary on visiting the Companions (Sahaba) of Jordan Memory is a...
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As soon as we started seeing the signs for Mostar on the...
“Look! It’s Dino Merlin,” whispers the man beside me. A well groomed white...
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Bilal Hassan travels to Gwadar, Pakistan To say that Gwadar’s location is idyllic would...
Each year in Rabi al-Awwal, the small island of Lamu plays host...
Muhammad Ayaz Ramjaun visits the sufi saints of Mauritius White sand beaches...
Zara Choudhary on the history of Islam and Muslims in Vietnam and...
On the hills in and around Cape Town you will find dozens...
This post deals with one of the questions we get asked most often: ...
People often ask what there is to do in Dubai aside from eat and shop. Having spent some time living there, I decided to compile my own list, based on some of my own favourite places to go and things to do. If malls are not really your thing, and you're not into desert 'excursions' that confuse Arab traditions with Bollywood (yes, this really happens), check out the list below for ideas that won't break the bank, don't require hotel tour guides, and have a little more substance than the usual tourist spots.
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In the last few years, the number of Muslims visiting Jerusalem and...
In the remote village of Kiselchovo, tucked away in Bulgaria’s Rhodope Mountains,...
A walk through the old sections of Istanbul and one will inevitably...
A journey through the Mauritanian wilderness to visit Murabit al-Hajj Night was...
The Prophet ﷺ once sent forth a man to meet with an...
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Sidi Bou Said: Tunisia’s Trendy Coffee Town & its Hidden Sufi Connection...
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The erudite spiritual master and saint Ibn Ata’illah, may God have mercy...
Alex Reynolds from Lost With Purpose shares her experiences/conclusions/insights from more than four years of full time travel.
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London. The name itself conjures up images of red buses, black cabs...
For centuries, the dargah (zawiya/tomb) of Moinuddin Chishti, otherwise known as Hazrat Khwaja...
In the centre of Cairo lies a city within a city. With its thousand year old walls, Islamic or Medieval Cairo, once the seat of power in the region, consists of the oldest parts of the city established under the Fatimids. Among these historic streets, beginning at Bab al-Futuh in the north stretching down to Bab Zuweila in the south, is a 10th century road that boasts the highest concentration of medieval architecture in the Islamic world.
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