Sufi
What Happened When I Spent a Night at a Haunted Place
After sunset, I found myself at Jamali Kamali, known to be haunted by djinns who have a penchant for following their visitors home.
With a Debut Album in the Works, Yawar Abdal Is Composing His Own Poetry for the First Time
The Kashmiri Sufi rocker hopes to bring the depth of his beloved Persian, Urdu and Kashmiri poets to a new audience.
Delhi’s Sufi Rock Scene Is a Mehfil of Sadness and Tears
Meeta Singh and Vicky Arora dreamt of folk music and stadium shows, but remixes and shaadi songs pay the bills.
My Strange Winter with a Shaman in Kazakhstan
Photographer Denis Vejas documents the practices of one of the country's last Sufi dervishes.
The Rise of the Sheikha
The Islamic world has (contrary to some silly assumptions) known many influential female social and political leaders, as far back as the time of the prophet Muhammad—and his quite intimidating wives Aisha and Khadija. Today one of them oversees a...
Take a Stab
The Sufi dervishes of southern Iraq practice an intense brand of Islam, which involves them continually stabbing themselves with spears and knives.