"We aren't singing as much as listening to God's instructions with our souls," explains Asif Ali Khan of his music. And indeed, what he plays may have his own unique modern twist to it, but more ...

Affan Yesvi is a Sufi scholar, columnist, and entrepreneur. As a descendant of the 11th-century Sufi saint, Khawaja Ahmed Yasawi - a mystic, poet, and founder of the Yasaviyya Sufi order in Central ...

Historian William Dalrymple journeys to Morocco, Turkey, Syria and Pakistan to explore whirling dervishes, Qawwali singing and other forms of music sacred in Sufism, the branch of Islam that ...

Nabhan al-Babili assembles his followers every night in the Nuseirat refugee camp in Gaza. The 62-year-old is the head of Gaza’s al-Rifaiya order of Sufi Islam, a position that was held by his father, ...

At the confluence of Nizamuddin Dargah and Gurudwara Damdama Sahib lies Sunder Nursery, which recently turned into a sanctuary of music, dance, poetry and roohaniyat. The two-day Sufi Heritage ...

Several of the Islamic world's most accomplished musicians are featured in the documentary Sufi Soul: The Mystic Music of Islam. The film shows internationally renowned writer and historian William ...