The Tijaniyyah branch of Sufism in Islam had a larger influence on Islamic thought than many historians believe, Northwestern University Professor Zachary Wright said at an event Friday afternoon in ...

In the city of Islamabad, dominated by dull bureaucrats and ambitious politicians, live many unsung heroes of the land. One such hero is the scholar-activist Dr. Ayesha Leghari, the champion of the ...

Turkish star Osman Soykut, who essays the role of Ibn Arabi in historical drama series Dirilis: Ertugrul, has thanked Prime Minister Imran Khan for promoting the sanctified teachings of Muslim scholar ...

When someone betrays Allāh in secret, Allāh will expose his true self to everyone,” said the influential 9th-century Persian ...

Ibn Arabi, Spain’s brightest Muslim mystic also known as “Shaikh-e-Akbar” (the greatest Sufi master) wrote in his sacred book in Arabic Tarjuman al-ashwaq (Translation of Desires): “My heart is ...

KARACHI, Dec 13: Reaching ethical and spiritual perfection lies at the core of Sufi ideals and it can be said that a Sufi is a Muslim humanist. German scholar Prof Dr Jürgen Wasim Frembgen said this ...

In Pico Iyer’s new novel, Abandon, a character laments the poor turnout for a lecture on Islamic theology. If the lecture’s listing had used the word “Sufi,” he thinks to himself, “there’d have been ...

Interview with Novelist Mohammed Hasan Alwan Saudi Arabia 'Might Become a Totally Different Country' Mohammed Hasan Alwan, the winner of the 2017 International Prize for Arabic Fiction, tells DER ...