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Sufism
A new book brings translations of Sarmad’s quatrains, which had enchanted even Prince Dara Shikoh
Sarmad Syeda Saiyidain Hameed Reyaz Ahmad
· Aug 16, 2024 · 01:30 pm
‘The Chandayan’: The 14th-century Sufi romance brought to life by a new translation and essays
Rana Safvi
· Mar 23, 2024 · 01:30 pm
Olive branch or division of votes? Behind BJP’s ‘Sufi’ outreach to Muslims
Zafar Aafaq
· Nov 05, 2023 · 09:00 am
Weekend Quiz: Who composed the Hindavi Sufi romance, Mrigavati?
The Heritage Lab
· Nov 07, 2020 · 03:30 pm
Weekend Quiz: Who composed the Sufi romantic story ‘Chandayana’?
The Heritage Lab
· Sep 26, 2020 · 11:30 am
After Ayodhya verdict, does India have room for dargahs and shared sacred spaces any more?
Nikhil Mandalaparthy
· Jan 24, 2020 · 09:00 am
How the Arab thinker Al-Farabi drew on Plato to shape the Muslim world’s ideas about censorship
Rashmee Roshan Lall, Aeon
· Nov 19, 2018 · 10:00 pm
Pass that chillum: Why is pot-smoking so common at Sufi shrines and why is it frowned upon?
Hammad Khan
· Jun 22, 2018 · 03:30 pm
Sufism doesn’t necessarily mean what you think it does
Zahra Sabri
· May 09, 2018 · 11:30 am
Why every Sufi master is in some ways a Freudian psychotherapist
Omnia El Shakry, Aeon
· Apr 23, 2018 · 11:30 pm
The Pakistan protest that brought the government to its knees, and the changing face of Sufi culture
Haroon Khalid
· Dec 01, 2017 · 12:30 pm
How Pakistan is trying to rewrite the history of its Sufi shrines to wipe traces of Indian links
Haroon Khalid
· Jun 23, 2017 · 12:30 pm
Watch: Followers of a mystical Sufi sect are introduced to piercing their heads and mouths
Reuters
· Jun 22, 2017 · 07:28 pm
How the Bhakti tradition’s celebration of Radha-Krishna is like Sufism’s exaltation of Heer-Ranjha
Haroon Khalid
· Apr 14, 2017 · 06:30 pm
Lahore's 'festival of lights': A Sufi tradition burning bright in the face of extremism, puritanism
Haroon Khalid
· Mar 31, 2017 · 12:30 pm
A world without the written word: Tracing remnants of Pakistan's oral tradition
Haroon Khalid
· Feb 10, 2017 · 05:30 pm
In Pakistan, first the State went after its Hindu past. Now militants are going after Sufi shrines
Haroon Khalid
· Nov 18, 2016 · 06:30 am
Poet, rebel, political adviser: Meet the Sufi saints on the Pakistan shrine trail
Haroon Khalid
· Nov 11, 2016 · 05:30 pm
Stage production ‘Sounds of the Sufis’ aims to rescue Sufism from Bollywood
Manish Gaekwad
· Sep 25, 2016 · 03:30 pm
For 35 years, Sindhi volunteers have helped worshippers at a Chennai mosque break their Ramzan fast
Vinita Govindarajan
· Jul 06, 2016 · 06:00 pm
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