Syria's Mar Musa monastery provides the tastiest mulberries, and its services draw from Eastern Orthodox Christian and Sufi ...

A sculpture of Islam's holy book at Tehran's annual Koran exhibition in September (AFP) November 16, 2007 (RFE/RL) -- Clashes in Iran this week between security forces and followers of a mystic Sufi ...

Mansur Sikandari was singing Islamic hymns inside the Khalifa Sahib monastery in the Afghan capital, Kabul, when a powerful explosion ripped through the building. The monastery was packed with members ...

Sufi poet birthplace is set to undergo reconstructions. Authorities will begin rebuilding a learning complex believed to be the home of the famous 13th century Sufi poet. In the northern Afghan city ...

More than 800 years ago, Hazrat Attar, a much-loved Sufi mystic hailing from medieval Khorasan (now northeast of Iran), wrote of the search for divine love and wisdom in his metaphorical poem, ...

The Daily Star (TDS): What inspired you to write a new biography of Nizamuddin Auliya despite the many hagiographical accounts and the influential work of K. A. Nizami? Raziuddin Aquil (RA): Sufi ...