According to legend, the renowned scholar Jalaluddin Muhammad Rumi was giving a lecture when a disheveled man approached and asked him the meaning of his academic books. Rumi didn’t know it yet, but this question and this man would...

Seven renowned researchers provide real-world examples of the relevance of TOK (Theory of Knowledge) concepts in their research. This interdisciplinary TOK Sampler examines diverse aspects of how religious and cultural traditions...

Islam is a complicated topic and a politically charged topic here in the 21st century. But it is important that we learn about the world's 2nd largest religion. In this video, we will discuss Islam from a nonsectarian perspective,...

Preparations are under way for the daily gathering of sufi fauthfuls at the Sehwan Sharif Shrine. Colour corrected

Preparations are under way for the daily gathering of sufi fauthfuls at the Sehwan Sharif Shrine

CU Girls in Mausoleum of Nizamuddin Dargah, area of Sufi Saint / New Delhi, Delhi, India

MS ZO Woman smiling in Mausoleum of Nizamuddin Dargah, area of Sufi Saint / New Delhi, Delhi, India

MS ZO Woman praying in Mausoleum of Nizamuddin Dargah, area of Sufi Saint / New Delhi, Delhi, India

MS TU Woman praying in Mausoleum of Nizamuddin Dargah, area of Sufi Saint / New Delhi, Delhi, India

MS PAN Tombs of sufi theologians and dervishes with their typical hats / Konya, Konya, Central turkey, Turkey

Beautiful woman in counterpoint to the sun walking on the beach.

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Sufi faithful gathered in Gjakove, western Kosovo, late on Friday for a ritual ceremony that involves flesh piercing and dancing to the rhythm of drum beats.

The celebration, known as Nowruz, marks the beginning of...

One of the most revered Sufi shrines in Indian Kashmir was destroyed in a blaze early on Monday.

Known as Dastageer Sahib, the shrine houses the tomb of Sufi mystic Syed Abdul Qadir in Indian-administered Kashmir's main...

The head of one of Morocco's biggest Sufi orders with tens of thousands of followers at home and abroad died Wednesday aged 95

A bomb ripped through a crowded Sufi shrine in Pakistan Thursday killing up to 35 people and wounding 60 officials said the deadliest in a series of attacks to strike the insurgency wracked country this week

Pakistan launches a crackdown after the death toll in a Sufi shrine blast increases to more than 80 the deadliest in a wave of recent attacks

Holy book : Koran

The Three Serefeli Mosque in Edirne, Turkey

The Three Serefeli Mosque in Edirne, Turkey

The Three Serefeli Mosque in Edirne, Turkey

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