Sufism
How a mysterious Indian religious figure united Hindus and Muslims
By Murali Balaji — August 4, 2023
(RNS) — The life and words of Shirdi Sai Baba could prove to be an inspiration to those seeking to rebuild the bridges between followers of both faiths.
In Kashmir, ‘conscious music’ tests India’s limits on speech
By Sheikh Saaliq and Aijaz Hussain — July 5, 2022
SRINAGAR, India (AP) — A new musical tradition blends progressive Sufi rock with hip-hop in an assertive expression of political aspirations.
AI technology resurrects the voice of Laleh Bakhtiar
By Joseph Hammond — November 9, 2021
(RNS) — A project aimed at cementing the legacy of an Islam scholar could help the IT world’s sometime hostility to Muslim voices.
Modi silent on Muslim philanthropist’s offer of medical supplies for India
By Priyadarshini Sen — May 24, 2021
NEW DELHI (RNS) — Modi once called on South Asian countries to 'chalk out a strong strategy to fight the coronavirus,' but his plans have foundered on mistrust and hostility between Pakistan and India.
As a Sufi singer, I believe the sounds of world religions can cultivate compassion during COVID-19
By Shumaila Hemani — July 8, 2020
(RNS) — Intercultural listening cultivates our compassion and humanity during a crisis.
Breath, the divine metaphor, becomes a hallmark of America’s twin crises
By Holly Lebowitz Rossi — July 8, 2020
(RNS) — The normally simple, normally unconscious act of drawing breath has come to define the United States’ most pressing problems. What the world’s faith traditions have to say about the meaning of our first act as humans.
‘Beyond the mosque’: Seeing Islam’s diversity reflected in worship spaces
By Aysha Khan — November 4, 2019
(RNS) — Rizwan Mawani uses diverse sacred spaces as lenses through which to offer readers a primer on the expansive histories, architectures and ritual practices of Muslims around the world.
Omid Safi’s ‘Radical Love’ recenters Sufi poetry within Islam
By Aysha Khan — June 11, 2018
(RNS) — Omid Safi's new book 'Radical Love' offers a reminder to Muslims and non-Muslims alike: You can't divorce Rumi's mystical poetry from Islam.
Egypt raises death toll in Sinai mosque attack to 305
By Yonat Shimron — November 25, 2017
ISMAILIA, Egypt (AP) — Military and security forces have already been waging a tough campaign against militants in the towns, villages and desert mountains of Sinai.
Who are the Sufis and why do extremists see them as threatening?
By The Conversation — November 25, 2017
(The Conversation ) — A new attack on a Sufi mosque in Egypt drives home the hatred of Islamic State and other some other Muslim groups for the Sufi traditions of inclusiveness and mystical worship.
What was Rumi’s ‘secret’?
By Kimberly Winston — June 1, 2017
(RNS) A new biography of the 13th-century Sufi mystic attempts to flesh out the man — and the mystery — behind the best-selling poet in America.
Sufism, the mystical practice of Islam, takes root in the City of Angels
By Priyadarshini Sen — March 30, 2017
LOS ANGELES (RNS) Islam is like the bark of a tree and Sufism its sap or inner essence, says a Southern California Sufi.
Suicide attack on Pakistani shrine kills 72, claimed by Islamic State
By Reuters — February 16, 2017
KARACHI, Pakistan (Reuters) The attack comes as the Pakistani Taliban and rival Islamist militant groups carry out their threats of a new offensive.
Omar Sharif wasn’t the only Muslim actor famous in America. Here are 5 others
By Kimberly Winston — July 10, 2015
(RNS) Sharif was one of a growing list of actors who are religiously or culturally Muslim.
To set out on the spiritual path, you have to be ugly
By Omid Safi — March 31, 2013
If we were already perfect and beautiful, there would be no need to set out on a path.
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