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Spiritual Travel

“Journey forth from your own self, to God’s Self-voyage without end.”

7 Places To Visit In Fez

At more than a thousands years old, Fez is often considered the spiritual heartland of Morocco. The old medina, Fez al-Bali, is a web of na... Read More...

One Friday in Jerusalem

Friday prayers were about to begin; our taxi driver sped through the ancient streets of Jerusalem, towards the Sacred Sanctuary of al-Aqs... Read More...

The Blessed Tree: A Divine Reality

A good word is like a good tree whose root is firmly fixed and whose top is in the sky.Qur'an 14:24 We arrived at midday; it was wi... Read More...

Jerusalem: An Everlasting Light

The erudite spiritual master and saint Ibn Ata’illah, may God have mercy upon him, says in his Aphorisms (al-Hikam), “Let not an act of ... Read More...

A Mauritanian Retreat: In Search of Murabit al-Hajj

Night was upon us- that uncompromising, pitch-black type that enshrouds you in the desert. I sat in the back of the car, half wondering if I... Read More...

Saigon: An Islamic Awakening

There it stood, where I least expected it. Perhaps not the most aesthetically pleasing building I’d ever seen, but there was something alm... Read More...

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Traces

traces, relics, ruins & shrines

A Bittersweet Memory: The Great Mosque Of Cordoba

“O Mosque of Cordoba! For thy existence and thy glory thou art indebted to love, to the tender passion that is immortal. In this way, th... Read More...

14 of the Oldest Mosques in the World

14 mosques established in the first 150 years of Islam

Madina The Radiant: Pictured 1890-1916

Madina al-Munawarra, the Radiant City of the Prophet

18 Photos Of Baghdad Street Life In The 1930s

Minaret of the Umayyad Mosque, Damascus, between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900. A photomechanical print.

19th Century Damascus: In Photos

Algeria in Colour: 1899 Pictured

13 Historic Photos of Palestine

Wayfarers

wayfarers, wanderers & pilgrims: travellers of the past

The Mughal Mapmaker: An Indian Pilgrim and his Remarkable Hajj Maps

The Salamat Ras departed Surat in India on the 20th September 1676, carrying hundreds of pilgrims from Gujarat. On board was Safi ibn Vali... Read More...

A 10th Century Arab in Russia: the Voyage of Ibn Fadlan

The tenth century is sometimes overlooked as an intellectual blip in human history- a dark age steeped in ignorance and superstition. While ... Read More...

News

News: The Blessed Sage Of Mauritania

A few months ago, I received an email from someone who had read my article on Murabit al-Hajj. He explained that after reading it, he too... Read More...

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Sacred Footsteps is looking for talented writers and photographers who want to showcase their work and share their stories. Do you hav... Read More...

Reviews

Review: The Muslim Traveller’s Guide to Granada on Alchemiya

Remember when there was barely such a thing as a documentary for an English-speaking Muslim audience? Or if there was, the sound was muffled... Read More...

Exhibition: Peter Sanders’ The Art of Integration: Islam in England’s Green and Pleasant Land

"The Art of Integration is a graceful and visually poetic reminder that Muslims have been a part of British life for well over a century and... Read More...

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