Who are the Sufis associated with the mosque attacked in Egypt?
- 25-Nov-2017
CAIRO: The mosque where Friday’s massacre unfolded in Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula had been widely associated with Sufi Muslims who have been attacked by the Islamic State group wherever the extremists operate. A Bedouin tribal leader told AFP the Rawda mosque, some 40 kilometres (25 miles) west of the North Sinai capital of El-Arish, was known […]
Popular Sufi leader Sheikh Sidi Hamza al-Qadri dies aged 95
- 18-Jan-2017
RABAT: The head of one of Morocco’s biggest Sufi orders, with tens of thousands of followers at home and abroad, died Wednesday aged 95, an official and local media said. Sheikh Sidi Hamza al-Qadri al-Boutchichi was the spiritual leader of the Qadiriya Boutchichiya order. He died in the northwestern city of Oujda and was to […]
VIDEO: Famous Sufi Baba Yahya expresses his opinion on fake faith-healing
- 25-Nov-2016
As ARY News caught red-handed a fake faith healer in Punjab province’s Kasur district in its November 18 show, and handed him over to police, reports are that the thug has been released from police custody, a day after the arrest. Following the development, ARY News anchor Iqrar-ul-Hassan, who leads the show which does such […]
Rahat Fateh Khan unites Bollywood and Qawwali in UK shows
- 21-Jul-2016
LONDON: Singer Rahat Fateh Ali Khan, known for both Bollywood hits and Qawwali, Sufi devotional music that dates back more than 700 years, is taking the two genres to Britain in August for three concerts.
Gunmen kill six in Kabul Sufi mosque attack
- 08-Mar-2015
KABUL: Gunmen attacked a Sufi mosque in Kabul on Saturday evening, killing at least six people and leaving five others wounded, police officials said, shattering a recent calm in the Afghan capital.
Aziz Mian Qawwal died 14 years ago today
- 06-Dec-2014
Pakistan's famous Qawwal Aziz Mian died 14 years ago on 6th December, the same date as today. Aziz Mian died from complications of hepatitis in Tehran, Iran on December 6, 2000.
Yusuf Islam announces new album
- 17-Sep-2014
LONDON: Singer-songwriter Yusuf, who was Cat Stevens until he converted to Islam, has announced a new album and a tour that will take him to Britain, Canada and, for the first time since 1976, to the United States.