In this Saturday, Oct. 6, 2012 photo, tourists gather at a Sufi shrine during their tour of Sufi shrines in the West Bank village of Nabi Saleh near Ramallah. Through hikes and rides along the hills ...

The target of the horrendous massacre in Egypt on Friday has been described as a Sufi mosque. More than 305 people were killed by suspected ISIS sympathizers. A lot of media outlets described Sufism ...

2:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. The rise of Wahhabism has had a significant impact on the Middle East and beyond. This strict interpretation of Islam, which originated with an 18th century preacher based in the ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The Christian Science Church, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The Church publishes the Monitor ...

When radical Islamists lash out at cultural sites they consider un-Islamic, a frequent target is Sufi Islam shrines. Islamists in Tunisia have attacked almost 40 Sufi shrines in recent months, Sufi ...

Why does one choose a religion? Eleven people recount their spiritual journeys. Annika, 59, of Norwegian origin, has lived in ...

Reporting from Dubai, UAEReporting from Dubai, UAE — When some two dozen militants massacred at least 305 people in the Sinai Peninsula on Friday, they were targeting the Sufi community that worshiped ...

This article originally appeared on The Conversation. On Feb. 16, 2017, a bomb ripped through a crowd assembled at the tomb of a Sufi saint, Lal Shahbaz Qalandar, in southeastern Pakistan. Soon ...

The death toll in last week’s terrorist attack on a mosque frequented by Sufi worshippers in Egypt’s northern Sinai region has risen to more than 300. No group has yet claimed responsibility for ...

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 ...

African Journal of Gender and Religion, Vol. 30, No. 1 (July 2024), pp. 1-27 (27 pages) This article will tackle how African Muslim Women represented by Sudanese women, are undergoing specific ...

BIRZEIT, West Bank (AP) -- For most tourists, iconic religious landmarks like the Dome of the Rock, the Western Wall and the Church of the Nativity are an important part of any visit to the Holy Land.