Share A message from Nizamudddin Dargah Arts & Culture Sufism Sufism and Sufi poetry I have never met Marta but the attachment to Nizamuddin Dargah has bound us for years....Read More Mar 27 0
Share Why fanatics of today would not have spared Kabir Arts & Culture Countries & Regions Daily O India Pakistan Peace Poetry Publications South Asia Sufi poetry Sufism Sufism and Sufi poetry The murders of rationalists and threats to writers, negate what was achieved through centuries of cross-cultural...Read More Sep 29 0
Share Militancy in Sindh: End of our plural culture? Countries & Regions Daily Capital Extremism Pakistan Publications Religion Sufism Terrorism The recent carnage in Shikarpur has come as a shock for many Pakistanis. Rural Sindh, invisible...Read More Feb 3 0
Share Farzana Parveen and the death of the state Countries & Regions Extremism Human Rights Islam Lahore Minorities Pakistan Publications Religion Sufism Terrorism The Express Tribune Women Farzana’s brutal murder represents all that is wrong with us. It has become a useless routine...Read More Jun 1 0
Share Karbala and the Imam Husayn in Persian and Indo-Muslim literature – Schimmel Religion Sufi poetry Sufism Thanks to a friend on Twitter I rediscovered this essay by the great Annemarie Schimmel which...Read More Nov 24 0
Share ‘I belong to Ranjha’ – the syncreticism of Lahore’s Shah Hussain Arts & Culture Countries & Regions Pakistan Publications Sufi poetry Sufism The Friday Times The Hu Magazine Lahore, the ancient city of Loh, the age-old halt for invaders, is also the home to...Read More Jun 27 0
Share The sufi solution Countries & Regions South Asia Sufism …The Chishti school of Sufism did not exclude any religion and gave way to a plural...Read More Feb 14 0