Having been born and raised in Iran, I always had an interest in Sufism, a spiritual practice aimed at the inner journey of self-exploration and knowing one’s “true self." Among the most famous ...

From the 9th century onwards, Sufism has encapsulated Islamic spirituality. This is the loving heart of Islam, still alive, thriving and widely influential today. It is not the Islam of ...

Enter Baghdad's leading Sufi mosque on a recent evening and the first thing that catches your eye is a man, sitting cross-legged in a corner of the courtyard. The blanket in front of him is filled ...

In recent years, the dominant image of islam in the minds of many Westerners has been one loaded with violence and shrouded with fear. The figures commanding global attention — be they al-Qaeda’s ...

The deadly attack at a mosque in Egypt on Friday focused attention on a common, yet sometimes-controversial Islamic tradition: Sufism. The mosque in Egypt's Sinai region where more than 300 people ...

GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip — Every Friday afternoon people flock to a small mosque in one of the alleys in the Sheikh Radwan neighborhood in Gaza City. They are there not only to perform the five daily ...

More than 300 people are dead after an attack on a mosque in the Sinai Peninsula. NPR's Linda Wertheimer talks to Sahar Aziz of Rutgers Law School about why militants would attack a Sufi mosque.

Many religious and spiritual traditions incorporate dance as a pathway to the divine. Native American tribes of the Great Plains celebrate the cycle of birth and death during the Sun Dance. Some Jews ...

A Pakistani Sufi leader visited Israel for the first time last month, traveling between Jerusalem and the Gaza envelope, visiting communities and hostage families. Peer Syed Mudassir Nazar Shah, ...