Mohammed Khan on visiting Imam Jazuli and the 7 Saints of Marrakesh...
The erudite spiritual master and saint Ibn Ata’illah, may God have mercy...
Zara Choudhary on 7 places to visit in Fes, especially as a Muslim traveller. At more than a thousand years old, Fes is often considered the spiritual heartland of Morocco. The...
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Abu Ayyub on Aziz Mahmud Hüdayi, the Patron saint of Istanbul The name Aziz Mahmud Hüdayi may not be familiar to those outside of Turkey, yet he is one of...
Sidi Bou Said: Tunisia’s Trendy Coffee Town & its Hidden Sufi Connection...
A walk through the old sections of Istanbul and one will inevitably...
Zara Choudhary on the history of Islam and Muslims in Vietnam and visiting as a Muslim traveller There it stood, where I least expected it. Perhaps not the most aesthetically...
Friday prayers were about to begin; our taxi driver sped through the...
“Look! It’s Dino Merlin,” whispers the man beside me. A well groomed white man in his early 50s wanders into Sarajevo’s Gazi Huzrev Beg Mosque courtyard and half sits, half leans against...
The cultural fabric of Kochi has been elegantly woven by the beauty...
Muhammad Ayaz Ramjaun visits the sufi saints of Mauritius White sand beaches...
Riding through the Kenyan countryside on the modern standard gauge railway one comes across a peculiar sight. Not very far from the largest national park in the country, the ominously...
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Listen on iTunes Zara and Muazzam speak to Mohammed Isaaq about ‘finding’ or ‘knowing’ yourself and ultimately, God, through travel. Isaaq explains how this desire has always been a reality...
One of the peculiar sensations seasoned wayfarers fail to mention, as you...
For centuries, the dargah (zawiya/tomb) of Moinuddin Chishti, otherwise known as Hazrat Khwaja...
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Zara Choudhary on visiting the Companions (Sahaba) of Jordan Memory is a...
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A journey through the Mauritanian wilderness to visit Murabit al-Hajj Night was...
Shiraz, the sweetest of songs, it is the start, centre and end...
Zirrar on his search for the tomb of Imam Ghazali بِسْمِ اللهِ الرَّحْمٰنِ الرَّحِيْمِ He is known by many names. The most famous, and perhaps the most profound is ‘Hujjat...
Walking through the heart of the old city, one may find its...
Al-Hujeireh mosque sits quietly, nestled among its neighbours, seeking little attention. Walk...
Each year in Rabi al-Awwal, the small island of Lamu plays host to a three day Maulid festival. Participants arrive from all over East Africa to take part in the...
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Mustafa Briggs on spiritual seclusion in The Gambia The small coastal town of Gunjur lies just an hour away from The Gambian capital Banjul. After a few minutes spent driving...
