As a descendant of the 11th-century Sufi saint, Khawaja Ahmed Yasawi - a mystic, poet, and founder of the Yasaviyya Sufi order in Central Asia - Affan carries a rich spiritual legacy. LESS ...

The second story focused on Hamida Banu Begum, the wife of Emperor Humayun and mother of Akbar, whose competence ... creating a syncretic cultural landscape. Sufi mystics played a key role in ...

Apart from Hindu puranas (scriptures), even the Ain-i-Akbari written by Mughal emperor Akbar's court chronicler Abul Fazal mentions there was a Hari Mandal temple in Sambhal, which was a Vishnu ...

Apart from Hindu puranas (scriptures), even the Ain-i-Akbari written by Mughal emperor Akbar's court chronicler Abul Fazal mentions there was a Hari Mandal temple in Sambhal, which was a Vishnu ...

The Kashmir valley has nurtured many women Sufi mystics and poets. Lalla Ded stands out among them. Lalla Ded’s life took many turns, and along the way, she earned several monikers – Lalla ...

The Supreme Court on Tuesday signaled it may send a Chicago political scion’s appeal of his conviction for lying to regulators back to a lower court to flesh out the difference between false and ...

Sam Kerr, the Chelsea striker who captains the Australia women's national football team, has appeared in court charged with racially aggravated harassment of a police officer. She attended a hearing ...

Abortion providers have accused police and prosecutors of subjecting a woman to an “inhumane ordeal” after she was pursued through the courts in the years after she gave birth to a stillborn child.

Though born into the Maronite Catholic tradition, his faith was universal and all-encompassing, inspired by sources, among them the teachings of Jesus, the wisdom of Sufi mystics, and the splendor ...